GitHub user sschepens opened an issue: https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/issues/523
Max Payload size is validated before compression Max Message Payload size is validated by `MessageBuilderImpl` and that happens before producer gets to compress payload. This should be validated after compression to allow big payload that are highly compressible (json) to be sent. ---- ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---