RangeError: Invalid string length --- it should be saying Out Of Memory

[scottstensland]

Please update ERROR message when attempting to call

JSON.stringify(monsterously_HUGE_object)

Today when it runs out of RAM above gives this message

RangeError: Invalid string length

when it clearly should indicate the system is out of RAM.
Searching this error message I see nodejs does recognize
an Out Of Memory condition yet it continues to give a less helpful error message

https://github.com/joyent/node/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=RangeError%3A+Invalid+string+length

[Fishrock123]

That's an issue from v8 (the javascript engine) not node. (JSON.* is implemented in v8)

[misterdjules]

It would help to know how monsterously_HUGE_object is created, as if it's created in some way that requires allocating too much memory before any string operation can be done, it will fail with an "Out of memory" error.

Otherwise, operating on a string that is too large should throw the "Invalid string length" error, so I don't see anything that would be unexpected.

As @Fishrock123 mentioned, these errors are thrown from V8, so if you still think that these error messages are not correct, I encourage you to file an issue in V8's issues tracker.

Closing for now, but please let us know if you have any question.

[cauerego]

While I do get it this is the wrong place to ask about this issue, this is also the first hit on google, so...

Any links to where we could look for a solution to the actual problem? I still think I need to stringify a huge object (to enable people to save and share their Mariox's advancements), certainly over 5mb ( I'll lz compress it later, if this matters to you ;P ).

[apple-hacker]

I have a problem about this,please help me!

[sign0]

me too ! 👎 (ubuntu 14.04, nodejs 5.10.1)

[SashaDesigN]

Have to this problem now with json files) try use on ubuntu:

cat file1.json file2.json > res.json

[jcollum]

same here, csv-stringify library but this is the first google hit; I'm csv-ing a record from a very very wide table in SQL

[lianyi]

same issue at node v6.2.2 on CentOS 7

[krazyjakee]

Same here 7.9.0 - Webpack cannot build

[PassTheMayo]

Same issue here. Ubuntu 16.04, Node v8.1.4

[LKJonDoe]

is there any fix ?

[majuss]

same issue…

[sandeeptharayilGit]

facing same issue RangeError: Invalid string length

[gibfahn]

This repo is an archive, if you're still seeing this please open an issue at nodejs/node (if there isn't one there already).