Use HTTP 413 status code for RequestDataTooBig

[Milan Oberkirch]

Other HTTP servers (e.g. Apache, Nginx) report a body which is to large with the status code 413 "Payload Too Large".

I propose to do the same in Django when handling a RequestDataTooBig exception in ​https://github.com/django/django/blob/f931cbec21cce3e2e68239c77614e6aa5026b882/django/core/handlers/exception.py#L63

This makes the behavior of a typical stack consisting of a reverse proxy and a Django project predictable for this type of error.

I can work on a patch if this change is acceptable to you.

[Natalia Bidart]

Following ​https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/413 I think the request makes sense.

I haven't found a previous report about this and the code that added some handling for RequestDataTooBig may have missed to return a more specific code. Tangential follow up of #27820.

[kokobhara]

Hello,

Is this issue still active?
I'm new to both Django and contributing to open-source, and would be more than excited to work on a patch that fixes this.

[Milan Oberkirch]

Feel free to take over! Also note this comment: ​https://github.com/django/django/pull/17960#pullrequestreview-1926197306

[Robin Swanson]

Hello, I noticed that there hasn't been a modification in 4 weeks. Is it ok if I take over? I am a first time contributor to django and would love the opportunity to take a crack at this.

[Simon Charette]

Robin feel free to assign but take a minute to digest ​why the efforts have stalled in the past weeks first. I don't this this constitutes an easy picking anymore.

Milan, I'll unassign given you closed your MR. Thank you for kicking off the work.

[Ahmed Ibrahim]

Replying to Simon Charette:

Robin feel free to assign but take a minute to digest ​why the efforts have stalled in the past weeks first. I don't this this constitutes an easy picking anymore.

Milan, I'll unassign given you closed your MR. Thank you for kicking off the work.

Can I handle this one? I have the time needed

[Natalia Bidart]

Replying to Ahmed Ibrahim:

Replying to Simon Charette:

Robin feel free to assign but take a minute to digest ​why the efforts have stalled in the past weeks first. I don't this this constitutes an easy picking anymore.

Milan, I'll unassign given you closed your MR. Thank you for kicking off the work.

Can I handle this one? I have the time needed

Hello Ahmed, thank you for your interest in helping Django. Yes, you can assign yourself the ticket and work on it. Please take into consideration all the commentary, specifically the one from the closed PR.

[Ahmed Ibrahim]

Thanks Natalia, I just took it

[Claude Paroz]

Note that I provided a ​WIP PR to explore adding a generic error view which should ease going forward with this ticket. It's a POC for feedback, but not in a reviewable state.