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## Warnings

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## Title

    [websockets (Python)] Large realtime/audio/base64 messages fail: PayloadTooBig 'frame with N bytes exceeds limit of 1048576 bytes' and connection closed with 1009 (message too big) — default max_size…

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): websockets.asyncio.client.connect defaults max_size=2**20; frames above it raise PayloadTooBig ('frame with N bytes exceeds limit of M bytes') and the protocol fails the connection with CloseCode.MESSAGE_TOO_BIG (1009, 'message too big').
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Servers (e.g. hosted realtime gateways) may impose their own 1009 limits independently.
    
    Other error fragments:
    - message too big
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/63/23572870e01836a98346075b9e17a8bc24a6ddd9800a3204ceee58677f3c/websockets-17.1-py3-none-any.whl#websockets/asyncio/client.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): connect(max_size=2**20 default).
    - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/63/23572870e01836a98346075b9e17a8bc24a6ddd9800a3204ceee58677f3c/websockets-17.1-py3-none-any.whl#websockets/exceptions.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): PayloadTooBig __str__ builds 'frame with N bytes ... exceeds limit of M bytes'.
    - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/63/23572870e01836a98346075b9e17a8bc24a6ddd9800a3204ceee58677f3c/websockets-17.1-py3-none-any.whl#websockets/frames.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): CloseCode.MESSAGE_TOO_BIG = 1009 with explanation 'message too big'; frame parser raises PayloadTooBig when length > max_size.
    - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/63/23572870e01836a98346075b9e17a8bc24a6ddd9800a3204ceee58677f3c/websockets-17.1-py3-none-any.whl#websockets/protocol.py (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): On PayloadTooBig the protocol fails the connection with CloseCode.MESSAGE_TOO_BIG.
    
    Search phrasings: websockets PayloadTooBig exceeds limit of 1048576 bytes; websocket 1009 message too big python realtime audio; websockets max_size default 1MB
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "The client closes the connection itself with code 1009 when the server sends an event larger than 1 MiB; the server sees an abrupt client close.",
      "context": "Product: websockets (Python)\nComponent: Incoming message size limit (max_size)\nOperation: Receiving large JSON events (base64 audio/images, big tool results) from a WebSocket API\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: websockets.exceptions.PayloadTooBig, websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosedError\nPackages: websockets checked 17.1\nTrigger: Incoming frame/message larger than max_size (default 2**20 bytes).",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "exceeds limit of {self.max_size} bytes"
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Pass max_size=<larger bytes> (or None to disable, with care for memory) to connect(); prefer server options that chunk large payloads.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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