[Bug]: uploading files fails #2506

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opened 2026-04-25 00:07:50 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @DankMemeGuy on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025).

What happened?

Since updating to 2.18.0 i get this message for every file uploaded. from 250 MB to 700 MB

error:

<html>
<head><title>413 Request Entity Too Large</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>413 Request Entity Too Large</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)</center>
</body>
</html>
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What did you expect to happen?

uploading the file

Steps to reproduce the issue

upload a multiple hundred MB file

Audiobookshelf version

2.18.0

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

None

Logs


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No response

Originally created by @DankMemeGuy on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025). ### What happened? Since updating to 2.18.0 i get this message for every file uploaded. from 250 MB to 700 MB error: ``` <html> <head><title>413 Request Entity Too Large</title></head> <body> <center><h1>413 Request Entity Too Large</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)</center> </body> </html> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page --> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page --> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page --> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page --> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page --> <!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome fri ``` ### What did you expect to happen? uploading the file ### Steps to reproduce the issue upload a multiple hundred MB file ### Audiobookshelf version 2.18.0 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? None ### Logs ```shell ``` ### Additional Notes _No response_
adam added the bug label 2026-04-25 00:07:50 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:07:51 +02:00
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@DankMemeGuy commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025):

I added "client_max_body_size 10G;" to the nginx config, that solved the issue.

@DankMemeGuy commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025): I added "client_max_body_size 10G;" to the nginx config, that solved the issue.
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2506