Error message in KNIME ver. 5.3

Hello KNIMErs,

I use Excel file as input data for the workflow assessing data quality.

Data quality was assessed with no issues on 5th July 2024 and KNIME 5.2.x version.

I updated KNIME to version 5.3 on 10th July 2024 and faced some issues while assessing data quality.

Finally, I have just replicated actions from 5th July (same input file, same workflow) in new KNIME version and still getting the following error message:

Execute failed: Tried to read data but the maximum length for this record type is 100,000,000.

If the file is not corrupt and not large, please open an issue on bugzilla to request

increasing the maximum allowable size for this record type.

You can set a higher override value with IOUtils.setByteArrayMaxOverride()

This error is being generated for ‘Excel Writer’ node, however previous ‘Excel Writer’ node is being executed correctly. Output Excel file size is 12+MB.

in the past the same workflow used to work with bigger (more records, bigger file size) file as input and generated bigger Excel output file.

The error message inside Excel Writer node looks like this:

Any suggestions for how to identify root-cause? What ‘this record type’ does stand for? How to solve the issue? Is issue related to KNIME or any Excel limitations?

Unfortunatelly, due to confidentiality of data, I can’t share these (input, output) Excel files.

Thank you for any support,

Kaz