We've raised the max request size for Messages and Token Counting on the Claude API from 32 MB to 128 MB.
Image-heavy requests like long computer-use sessions and big PDFs were previously hitting 32 MB with plenty of context window left. Now you get ~4x more room.
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For requests with more than 20 images, we've also raised the per-image limit from 2000 px to 3000 px.
128 MB applies on the first-party Claude API. Through cloud platforms, the limit is between 20 and 32 MB.
Docs: platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/ov…
128 MB applies on the first-party Claude API. Through cloud platforms, the limit is between 20 and 32 MB.
Docs: platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/ov…

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