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Document and evaluate batch size limits in v2 Authorization API #3501

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The v2 Authorization API proto defines hard-coded validation limits on batch request sizes:

GetDecisionMultiResourceRequest.resources — maximum 1,000 resources per request:

repeated Resource resources = 3 [(buf.validate.field).repeated = {
  min_items: 1
  max_items: 1000
}];

GetDecisionBulkRequest.decision_requests — maximum 200 decision requests per bulk request:

repeated GetDecisionMultiResourceRequest decision_requests = 1 [(buf.validate.field).repeated = {
  min_items: 1
  max_items: 200
}];

Source: service/authorization/v2/authorization.proto

Current documentation state

These limits are only documented in the proto definition and auto-generated OpenAPI specs. They are not called out in any prose documentation (neither OpenTDF docs nor DSP admin/developer guides).

Requested actions

  1. Documentation: Document these limits alongside the other v2 Authorization API validation constraints in prose documentation.
  2. Evaluate the limits: Confirm whether 1,000 resources per multi-resource request and 200 requests per bulk request are the appropriate ceilings, or whether they should be adjusted or made configurable.

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