Blob Storage connector action - extract archive to folder (v2) - size limits

Mike Lee 247

Hello, I am using the Extract archive to folder (v2) action within Logic Apps with .zip's less than 1MB and no issues thus far. I expect these files to grow greater than 10MB in the future. I wanted to find out if the Extract archive to folder (v2) action has a limit for how big the archive file can be?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike Lee 247 Reputation points

2023-01-20T18:52:32.5966667+00:00

Thanks, that's great to know. I wasn't able to find any documentation about size limits varying for different types of storage accounts. Is this documentation somewhere on Microsoft's site?
Mike Lee 247 Reputation points

2023-01-20T19:04:51.72+00:00

I did some additional searching and found on the following page that the Maximum total size of files in archive (in MB) is 750. Does this mean 750MB uncompressed? Meaning if I have a zip that is 250MB but it uncompressed to 800MB this would cause the action to fail?
Santhi Swaroop Naik Bukke 595 Reputation points

2023-01-23T06:10:25.3266667+00:00

The "Extract Archive to Folder (v2)" action in the Blob Storage connector for Logic Apps has a maximum file size limit of 2 GB. This means that you cannot extract an archive file that is larger than 2 GB using this action. If you need to extract an archive file that is larger than 2 GB, you will need to use a different method, such as extracting the file locally and then uploading the extracted files to Blob Storage.

It's worth noting that the size limits for this action can be different for different storage accounts, you should check the limits for your specific storage account. Also, you may use other connectors such as "Compression and Decompression" instead of Blob Storage connector if it works for your use case.
Santhi Swaroop Naik Bukke 595 Reputation points

2023-01-23T06:10:50.2133333+00:00

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-limits-and-config?tabs=consumption%2Cazure-portal#workflow-definition-limits

Please click on Accept answered
MayankBargali-MSFT 70,821 Reputation points

2023-01-24T05:20:25.0033333+00:00

Hi @Mike Lee

Following up to see if my answer helps. Do let me know if you have any queries.

Please 'Accept as answer' and ‘Upvote’ if it helped so that it can help others in the community looking for help on similar topics.

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MayankBargali-MSFT 70,821 Reputation points

2023-01-23T06:16:03.42+00:00

@Mike Lee Thanks for reaching out. The max file size with enabled chunking (in MB) is 1024 MB i.e. 1 GB as documented here.

For different environments the max limit of message is document here. The Azure blob connector support max 1024 MB size data with chunking enabled. The max size in the archive is 750 MB as documented. This limit means that your zip file can be max of 750 MB that can be passed to this action (uncompressed).

Let me know if you have any queries or concerns.
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Mike Lee 247 Reputation points

2023-01-24T22:19:25.28+00:00

I ran a test and when I tried to extract an archive I got the following:

{ "status": 413, "message": "The file contains 591.501 megabytes which exceeds the maximum 50 megabytes.\r\nclientRequestId: 974a558c-db65-4c9d-8387-ff278010ac55", "error": { "message": "The file contains 591.501 megabytes which exceeds the maximum 50 megabytes." }, "source": "azureblob-wus.azconn-wus-01.p.azurewebsites.net" }

Seems like there is some other limit involved (50 megabytes).

MayankBargali-MSFT 70,821 Reputation points

2023-01-25T05:33:27.61+00:00

@Mike Lee Thanks for your response. By default, only Get Blob content (V2) implicitly uses chunking as documented here. But for other action we need to enable the "Allow Chunking" option under the setting of the action. I do see for Create blob (V2) this option is available, but I don't see this Allow Chunking option for Extract archive to folder (V2) action. I will reach out to my team to confirm if this is documented bug that the limit is set to 750 MB in document where there is no option of chucking in this action, or this is the connector issue. As the default limit is 50 MB for the connector without enabling the chucking that is the reason you have observed this error.

I will keep you posted once I head back from my team.

Create Blob (V2) setting:

Extract archive to folder (V2) :

Darren Wood 1 Reputation point

2023-11-11T21:21:39.59+00:00

Thanks Mayank, any further update on this limitation?

Marshall Davey 0 Reputation points

2025-01-15T15:16:27.84+00:00

I'm also curious if there has been any resolution to this, or where I can change the size limit paramter.

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Marshall Davey 0 Reputation points

2025-01-15T21:10:52.6533333+00:00

hi @Santhi Swaroop Naik Bukke i am curious where you learned that "The "Extract Archive to Folder (v2)" action in the Blob Storage connector for Logic Apps has a maximum file size limit of 2 GB." as i am finding lots of conflicting info on this action and the conclusion i am slowly accepting is that the limit cannot be increased more than its 50MB limit. Are you able to provide a source for that info or perhaps a method of increasing the limit applied in the logic app? i have tried adding the size environment variables mentioned in several other posts on this topic but they have not changed the behavious of my logic app.

Thank you
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