# Unrecognized error type (ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::ProgramLimitExceeded

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrecognized-error-type-activerecord-pg-programlimitexceeded/217858>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrecognized-error-type-activerecord-pg-programlimitexceeded/217858 "2022-02-11T08:53:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrecognized-error-type-activerecord-pg-programlimitexceeded/217858/1 "2022-02-11T08:53:35Z")

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A user on our self-hosted discourse just, while sending an email, triggered:

```plaintext
Message

Unrecognized error type (ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::ProgramLimitExceeded: ERROR: index row size 2904 exceeds btree version 4 maximum 2704 for index "index_incoming_emails_on_error"
DETAIL: Index row references tuple (1,9) in relation "incoming_emails".
HINT: Values larger than 1/3 of a buffer page cannot be indexed.
Consider a function index of an MD5 hash of the value, or use full text indexing.
) when processing incoming email

Backtrace:
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-2.3.3/lib/patches/db/pg.rb:69:in `exec_params'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-2.3.3/lib/patches/db/pg.rb:69:in `exec_params'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.4.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:672:in `block (2 levels) in exec_no_cache'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.4.1/lib/active_support/dependencies/interlock.rb:48:in `block in permit_concurrent_loads'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.4.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/share_lock.rb:187:in `yield_shares'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.4.1/lib/active_support/dependencies/interlock.rb:47:in `permit_concurrent_loads'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.4.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:671:in `block in exec_no_cache'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.4.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:696:in `block (2 levels) in log'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.4.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:26:in `block (2 levels) in synchronize'
  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.4.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:25:in `handle_interrupt'
  /var/www/discourse/...

Backtrace

/var/www/discourse/lib/email/processor.rb:91:in `handle_failure'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/processor.rb:28:in `rescue in process!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/processor.rb:17:in `process!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/processor.rb:14:in `process!'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:23:in `process_popmail'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:43:in `block (2 levels) in poll_pop3'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/pop.rb:667:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/pop.rb:667:in `each_mail'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:40:in `block in poll_pop3'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/pop.rb:532:in `start'

```

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