matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix-spec
Jumbo events and data units
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Description
**Suggestion**
Events are currently limited to 65k. A support for so-called *jumbo events* would increase that limit to the megabyte-gigabyte range.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Matrix specification text that defines event size limits and reviewing related protocol constraints. Determine the compatibility, transport, and validation rules required for megabyte- to gigabyte-sized events; the work is done when the specification and its interoperability implications are fully defined.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100