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 For the full list of supported values, see [_Event Payloads_](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/event-payloads/) and linked
 documents.
 
+If your minidump's size exceeds the [limits](#size-limits) in the next section, you can compress it using `gzip`, `zstd`, `bzip2` or `xz` and refer the `upload_file_minidump` to the compressed file instead of the plain minidump.
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 ## Size Limits
 
 Event ingestion imposes limits on the size and number of fields in multipart