Note is too long to sync

Eliott55

Hi,
I would like to report an issue,

I'm spotting and error when Zotero is performing a sync of a pretty huge note, based on highlights and annotations from a pdf file.

The note consists of approximately 9_000 words, and 53_000 characters, and is build up of a few hundreds of highlights and annotations. I am using a lot of colors to highlight notes.

I guess some additional metadata made sync error with this "moderate" amount of characters in a note?

The error message:
'''
The note “Annotations (3/22/2024, 9:47:32 AM)” is too long to sync. Shorten the note and sync again.
'''
Report ID
152425191

Debug ID
D140022269

Best Regards,
Eliott

andersbc

I have the same problem (Zotero 7, 7.0.0-beta.68+c31a40c74)

My note - a stand alone note - is approximately 260.000 characters long.

(The note takes up 2.6 mb when inserted into a word document along with some figures I copied into the note)

Anyway to increase the size limit?? Zotero can handle larger files that that

.. I know it is along note, but researching many articles on a topic and extracting information would easily bring you in that ballpark of characters. I assume it to be a fairly frequent use case.

Thanks for your work on Zotero :-)

RahulRao459

I am experiencing the same error outline in the Top comment, except I have JUST 8 highlights in the file under consideration AND the entire document is 5 pages long.

It is NOT too long in any sense of the word.

Please help!

dstillman

@RahulRao459: Can you provide a Debug ID for reproducing this?

RahulRao459

D1422343363

dstillman

ZoteroObjectUploadError: Note 'Annotations(7/16/2024, 12:44:19 PM)...' too long for item '17683342/MX2MQ5ZY'

@RahulRao459: OK, so that's the note that's too long. Search for that timestamp or paste "MX2MQ5ZY" into the Zotero search bar in All Fields & Tags mode. It might also be in the trash.