System Design · Middle · Question 74 of 75

Why can an unbounded `GET /api/items` (no limit) become an incident?

✓Correct answer: As data grows, responses get huge, slow and memory-heavy for both server and client; always enforce a maximum page size
2GET requests can't return lists
3Browsers reject large JSON

Explanation

Server-side limits protect against both accidental growth and abuse.

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