TEXTAREA_VALUE_TOO_LONG" salesforce error

TL;DR

The text is longer than the field allows. Truncate it, split it across fields, or move it to a long-text field.

Error

TEXTAREA_VALUE_TOO_LONG

Steps

1. Check the field's max length Expected: you know the limit.
2. Truncate the value or move it to a long text area field Expected: it fits.
3. Re-run the operation Expected: it succeeds.
4. Truncate programmatically before sending Expected: it cannot regress.

When to use

• TEXTAREAVALUETOO_LONG
• Text exceeds the field length

When not to use

• The text looks short (then count: multibyte characters can count more)
• You need the full text (then use a long text area or files)

Tool compatibility

• Salesforce text field limits
• Data imports

Variant phrasings

textarea value too long

Truncate to the field's max length or use a long-text field.

TEXTAREAVALUETOO_LONG

Same: the value does not fit.

Why it happens

Source systems have longer fields than Salesforce. Agents copy verbatim and the tail gets rejected.

Edge cases

• Rich text fields count HTML tags toward the limit
• Truncation can break multi-byte characters; truncate on character boundaries

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_pW3uLhirozfEpK0TDaoOJg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_pW3uLhirozfEpK0TDaoOJg

Thread query: "TEXTAREAVALUETOO_LONG" salesforce error

TL;DR: The text is longer than the field allows. Truncate it, split it across fields, or move it to a long-text field.