Play 2.6, URI length exceeds the configured limit of 2048 characters - playframework-2.6

Question

I am trying to migrate a Play 2.5 version to 2.6.2. I keep getting the URI-length exceeds error. Anyone knows how to override this?
I tried below Akka setting but still no luck.
play.server.akka{
http.server.parsing.max-uri-length = infinite
http.client.parsing.max-uri-length = infinite
http.host-connection-pool.client.parsing.max-uri-length = infinite
http.max-uri-length = infinite
max-uri-length = infinite
}

Answer 1

Simply add
akka.http {
parsing {
max-uri-length = 16k
}
}
to your application.conf. The prefix play.server is only used for a small subset of convenience features for Akka-HTTP integration into the Playframework, e.g. play.server.akka.requestTimeout. Those are documented in the Configuring the Akka HTTP server backend documentation.

Answer 2

I was getting error due to header length exceeding default 8 KB(8192). Added the following to build.sbt and it worked for me :D
javaOptions += "-Dakka.http.parsing.max-header-value-length=16k"
You can try similar for uri length if other options don't work

Answer 3

This took me way to long to figure out. It is somehow NOT to be found in the documentation.
Here is a snippet (confirmed working with play 2.8) to put in your application.conf which is also configurable via an environment variable and works for BOTH dev and prod mode:
# Dev Mode
play.akka.dev-mode.akka.http.parsing.max-uri-length = 16384
play.akka.dev-mode.akka.http.parsing.max-uri-length = ${?PLAY_MAX_URI_LENGTH}
# Prod Mode
akka.http.parsing.max-uri-length = 16384
akka.http.parsing.max-uri-length = ${?PLAY_MAX_URI_LENGTH}
You can then edit the config or with an already deployed application just set PLAY_MAX_URI_LENGTH and it is dynamically configurable without the need to modify commandline arguments.
env PLAY_MAX_URI_LENGTH=16384 sbt run

Answer 4

If anyone getting this type of error in chrome browser when trying to access a site or login. [HTTP header value exceeds the configured limit of 8192 characters]
, Go to chrome
settings -> Security and Privacy -> Site Settings , View Permission and data stored across sites
Search for the specific website and on that site do Clear all data.