Merge branch 'erikj/reduce_size_of_cache' into erikj/merge_cache_prs github/erikj/merge_cache_prs erikj/merge_cache_prs

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/api/constants.py b/synapse/api/constants.py

index 31a59bceec..936b6534b4 100644
--- a/synapse/api/constants.py
+++ b/synapse/api/constants.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 """Contains constants from the specification."""
 
+# the max size of a (canonical-json-encoded) event
+MAX_PDU_SIZE = 65536
+
 # the "depth" field on events is limited to 2**63 - 1
 MAX_DEPTH = 2 ** 63 - 1