IIS has a limit for the size of the files users can upload to an application. If the file size exceeds the limit, the application will throw “Error in HTTP request, received HTTP status 413 (Request ...
Updated May 25, 2021
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KevinP_SBS I disagree; your message is specific to viewstate, mine was in a Web API app which means viewstate is irrelevant; we knew what size we wanted to limit for requests, and if you read my post, nor have I advocated setting huge buffer sizes.
My solution allows people to set a fixed size for an API request submission, and hence addresses the issue. Similarly, the original poster was asking about file uploads - something which your workaround also doesn't address. Let's keep it civil please, everyone has contributed helpful posts.