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Fixes #2111

Problem

The MS Teams sink enforces MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES (20KB) only on text file attachments. The card body itself — title, markdown blocks, tables, diffs — is never budgeted. Findings with many enrichments (e.g. lots of pod events) exceed the webhook payload limit and Teams rejects them with RequestEntityTooLarge.

Solution

Before sending, trim the card body until the JSON-serialized payload (excluding base64 images, which don't count toward the limit) fits the budget:

  • Text blocks are truncated from the end of the message first, so the title and initial context stay intact; the removed tail is replaced with a \n...\n marker.
  • Table rows are dropped from the end until the message fits.
  • Truncation measures actual JSON-serialized bytes (not char counts) so JSON escaping doesn't cause drift.

Tests

Added tests/test_msteams_msg_size.py:

  • large multi-block message is trimmed to fit the budget
  • small message is left untouched
  • large tables get rows trimmed to fit

All msteams tests pass locally (34 in test_ms_teams_transformer.py + new file, 8 in test_svg_conversion.py).

Fixes robusta-dev#2111

The MS Teams sink enforces MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES only on text file
attachments, but the card body itself (title, markdown blocks, tables)
is never budgeted. Findings with many enrichments exceed the webhook
payload limit and Teams rejects them with RequestEntityTooLarge.

Trim body text blocks and table rows from the end of the message until
the JSON-serialized payload (excluding base64 images) fits the budget.
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Walkthrough

Microsoft Teams message construction now measures compact UTF-8 JSON and trims oversized card bodies before text-file enrichment. Text blocks are truncated and trailing table rows are removed until the payload fits the configured limit. Tests cover escaped and non-ASCII text.

Changes

Microsoft Teams message-size enforcement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Card size measurement and trimming
src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py
Card sizing uses compact UTF-8 JSON. Oversized text blocks are truncated, and trailing table rows are removed until the body fits the limit.
Enrichment and submission integration
src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py
Text-file enrichment measures serialized payload size and cached image bytes. send trims the card before adding text-file data.
Size enforcement validation
tests/test_msteams_msg_size.py
Tests cover oversized markdown, table rows, escaped newlines, non-ASCII text, serialized request size, and unchanged small messages.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d01fb

The PR trims card content to fit Teams' payload budget, but irreducibly oversized cards can still be sent and rejected with RequestEntityTooLarge, so merge readiness requires handling that case or explicitly accepting the risk. The boundary test also needs a small serialization correction.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MsTeamsMsg
  participant CardBody
  participant TextFileEnrichment
  participant TeamsWebhook
  MsTeamsMsg->>CardBody: measure compact UTF-8 JSON
  MsTeamsMsg->>CardBody: trim oversized text and table rows
  MsTeamsMsg->>TextFileEnrichment: add text-file data within remaining capacity
  MsTeamsMsg->>TeamsWebhook: post serialized card
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the MS Teams payload-size fix and the card-body trimming approach.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the RequestEntityTooLarge issue, the trimming solution, and the related tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #2111 by trimming oversized MS Teams card bodies to the serialized size limit before sending.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation and tests remain within the issue scope of preventing oversized MS Teams notifications.
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In `@src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py`:
- Around line 248-251: Update send and _put_text_files_data_up_to_max_limit so
text-file enrichment accounts for the serialized JSON byte delta, reverting any
candidate line that would exceed MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES after serialization. Ensure
the final complete_card_map remains within the limit, and add a regression test
covering escaped characters near the size boundary.

Apply the same fix in `@src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py` around
lines 188 - 189.
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Comment thread src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py
Address review feedback: the trim logic measured indented JSON and
character counts, while requests.post(json=...) sends compact UTF-8
bytes. Escaped or non-ASCII text could still exceed the webhook limit.

Now all budget checks use the same serialization as the HTTP client,
and the text-file line fill reverts any line that pushes the payload
over budget. Added a regression test with newlines and non-ASCII text.

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252-258: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Enforce the limit when body content cannot shrink further.

The trim pass cannot reduce table headers or structural card elements. If those elements alone exceed the budget, the loop ends and Line 258 still posts an oversized request.

Before posting, verify the image-adjusted serialized size. If it still exceeds MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES, remove trailing whole elements or send a minimal fallback card. Add a regression test with an oversized header-only table.

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In `@src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py` around lines 252 - 258, The
send method must enforce MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES even after
_trim_card_body_up_to_max_limit and _put_text_files_data_up_to_max_limit
complete. Before requests.post, validate the image-adjusted serialized card size
and, when still oversized, remove trailing whole elements or use the existing
minimal fallback-card behavior; add a regression test covering an oversized
header-only table.
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In `@src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py`:
- Around line 245-250: Update __trim_table_rows to accept over_budget and
recompute the remaining budget after each rows.pop(), including the removed
row’s JSON contribution and separator, so the loop stops as soon as the table
fits and does not remove an extra row.

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In `@src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py`:
- Around line 252-258: The send method must enforce MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES even after
_trim_card_body_up_to_max_limit and _put_text_files_data_up_to_max_limit
complete. Before requests.post, validate the image-adjusted serialized card size
and, when still oversized, remove trailing whole elements or use the existing
minimal fallback-card behavior; add a regression test covering an oversized
header-only table.
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Comment thread src/robusta/integrations/msteams/msteams_msg.py Outdated
The table trim loop estimated the freed bytes per row, which ignored
the JSON array separator. When the payload was over budget by a single
byte, the loop could remove one extra row. Pass over_budget into the
trim helper and recheck the real serialized size after each pop.

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In `@tests/test_msteams_msg_size.py`:
- Around line 94-95: Strengthen the assertions around events_rows_after to
require at least two rows, preserving the header plus one event row after
trimming. Also assert that adding back the next removed event row causes the
message size to exceed MAX_SIZE_IN_BYTES, rather than only checking the
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Verify the trim keeps at least one event row, and that restoring the
next removed row would push the serialized payload back over the limit.

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- Line 102: Update the restored_len calculation in the boundary-check logic to
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# push the serialized payload back over the budget
removed_rows = table.rows[len(events_rows_after) - 1 :]
next_removed_row = MsTeamsTable(["a", "b"], [removed_rows[0]], None).get_map_value()["rows"][1]
restored_len = _card_len(msg) + len(json.dumps(next_removed_row, ensure_ascii=True).encode("utf-8"))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the same compact JSON encoding for the boundary check.

_card_len(msg) measures compact JSON, but Line 102 uses json.dumps with default separators. The added whitespace can make restored_len larger than the actual payload. The assertion can pass even when restoring next_removed_row still fits. Measure a candidate card after appending the row, or use the same compact serializer and include the array separator.

Proposed fix
-    restored_len = _card_len(msg) + len(json.dumps(next_removed_row, ensure_ascii=True).encode("utf-8"))
+    restored_len = _card_len(msg) + 1 + len(
+        json.dumps(
+            next_removed_row,
+            ensure_ascii=True,
+            separators=(",", ":"),
+        ).encode("utf-8")
+    )
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restored_len = _card_len(msg) + len(json.dumps(next_removed_row, ensure_ascii=True).encode("utf-8"))
restored_len = _card_len(msg) + 1 + len(
json.dumps(
next_removed_row,
ensure_ascii=True,
separators=(",", ":"),
).encode("utf-8")
)
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In `@tests/test_msteams_msg_size.py` at line 102, Update the restored_len
calculation in the boundary-check logic to use the same compact JSON
serialization as _card_len, including the row’s array separator, or measure the
candidate card after appending next_removed_row. Ensure the fit assertion
reflects the actual serialized payload size.

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