Firebase error: TOO_MANY_TRIGGERS - firebase

Question

In our Firebase application there is a list with lots of items in Realtime Database. Every create, update and delete operation on single item is processed by Firebase Cloud Function with onWrite trigger (in simplest case this function just counts items). But sometimes there is a need for bulk operation on items without need for individual processing. Let's say we want in single transaction remove all items and reset counters.
Earlier it worked just fine. Due to the limit of 1000 for number of Cloud Functions triggered by a single write (https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/usage/limits), no functions where triggered at all and it was desired outcome.
Now, without any change to application code we have an error
Error: TOO_MANY_TRIGGERS: This request would cause too many functions to be triggered.
Same error appears in client application, Admin API and even when importing json using the web interface. Only option that works for us is processing of items in batches. But it is not transactional and takes up to tens of minutes instead of milliseconds as before.
What options do we have to bypass this error? Optimally this would be some switch to skip function triggering in case of exceeding the limit.

Answer 1

For anybody reading this question post-2018, there is now an option to disable strict enforcement for trigger limits.
Strict validation is enabled by default for write operations that trigger events. Any write operations that trigger more than 1000 Cloud Functions or a single event greater than 1 MB in size will fail and return an error reporting the limit that was hit. This might mean that some Cloud Functions aren't triggered at all if they fail the pre-validation.
If you're performing a larger write operation (for example, deleting your entire database), you might want to disable this validation, as the errors themselves might block the operation.
To turn off strictTriggerValidation, follow these steps:
Get your Database secret from the Service accounts tab of your Project settings in the Firebase console.
Run the following CURL request from your command line:
curl -X PUT -d "false" https://NAMESPACE.firebaseio.com/.settings/strictTriggerValidation/.json?auth\=SECRET
See here for the docs: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/usage/limits

Answer 2

There is currently no way to prevent triggers from running in special circumstances. The only way around this is to undeploy all your triggers, perform your updates, then deploy all your triggers again.
I would encourage you to file a feature request for this.

Answer 3

I just got this error message in an older, Flutter project that I hadn't touched in quite some time.
[firebase_database/unknown] TOO_MANY_TRIGGERS: This request would cause too many functions to be
triggered.
It turned out that here it was caused by the fact that my Cloud Functions were still set to use Node v8, which was retired in early 2021.
Upgrading the Cloud Functions to use Node v12 (no other changes needed) removed the error message for me.

Answer 4

Turning off strictTriggerValidation is solved my issue.
if you are using firebase tool you can follow these steps.
Turn off strictTriggerValidation for entire project:
MAC
sudo firebase database:settings:set strictTriggerValidation false --project *my_project_id*
If you need to turn off for particular instance:
MAC
sudo firebase database:settings:set strictTriggerValidation false --project *my_project_id* --instance *my_instance_name*
check instances
sudo firebase database:instances:list --project *my_project_id*
Note: windows user please try without sudo
FYR:
Limitations: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/usage/limits
Firebase CLI Commands: https://firebaseopensource.com/projects/firebase/firebase-tools/