doc: describe current HTTP header size limit

sam-github · MylesBorins · commit e66973359505 · 2018-12-25T09:48:37.000-05:00
Document that the limit was changed from 80KB to 8KB in 1860352. Fixes: #24693 PR-URL: #24700 Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -1856,9 +1856,15 @@ Creation of a [`zlib`][] object failed due to incorrect configuration.
 
 <a id="HPE_HEADER_OVERFLOW"></a>
 ### HPE_HEADER_OVERFLOW
+<!-- YAML
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/186035243fad247e3955f
+    description: Max header size in `http_parser` was set to 8KB.
+-->
 
 Too much HTTP header data was received. In order to protect against malicious or
-malconfigured clients, if more than 80KB of HTTP header data is received then
+malconfigured clients, if more than 8KB of HTTP header data is received then
 HTTP parsing will abort without a request or response object being created, and
 an `Error` with this code will be emitted.
 
