Document 255 max character limit from Commands executed from Craft Console

[jamesmacwhite]

Commands executed from Craft Console have a 255 maximum char limit, I'm assuming this might be due to VARCHAR (255)?

This doesn't appear to be documented anywhere that I could tell. It is possible to encounter this if using something like resave/entries where you are passing a lot of parameter values like "type".

A workaround would be to call the command from a content migration to trigger it, but bypass the limit restriction from the Console interface.

public function safeUp(): bool
{
    Craft::$app->controllerNamespace = 'craft\console\controllers';

    Craft::$app->runAction('resave/entries', [
        '--set' => 'someField',
        '--to' => 'anotherField',
        '--type' => 'something,anotherType,template...',
        '--queue' => true
    ]);

    return true;
}

[jamesmacwhite]

Turns out, I missed it under https://craftcms.com/docs/cloud/commands.html#limitations

But hopefully the workaround above if you exceed the 255 limit is useful to basically bypass it.