Resolve errors for job size exceeded
This article describes how to resolve the JobSizeExceededException and DeploymentJobSizeExceededException errors. The job size exceeded errors can occur when you deploy a Bicep file or Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template).
Symptom
When deploying a template, you receive an error stating the deployment has exceeded limits.
Cause
You get this error when the deployment exceeds an allowed limit. Typically, you see this error when either your template or the job that runs the deployment is too large.
The deployment job can't exceed 1 MB and that includes metadata about the request. For large templates, the metadata combined with the template might exceed a job's allowed size.
The template can't exceed 4 MB, and each resource definition can't exceed 1 MB. The limits apply to the final state of the template after it has been expanded for resource definitions that use loops to create many instances. The final state also includes the resolved values for variables and parameters.
Other template limits are:
- 256 parameters
- 256 variables
- 800 resources (including copy count)
- 64 output values
- 24,576 characters in a template expression
Solution 1: Use dependencies carefully
Use an implicit dependency that's created when a resource references another resource by its symbolic name. For most deployments, it's not necessary to use dependsOn and create an explicit dependency.
Solution 2: Simplify template
When your file deploys lots of different resource types, consider dividing it into modules. Divide your resource types into logical groups and add a module for each group. For example, if you need to deploy lots of networking resources, you can move those resources to a module.
You can set other resources as implicit dependencies, and get values from the output of modules.
Solution 3: Reduce name size
Try to shorten the length of the names you use for parameters, variables, and outputs. When these values are repeated in loops, a long name gets multiplied many times.