# libtmux.WatchOptions.max_bytes

- **Module:** libtmux.WatchOptions
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Lua
- **Kind:** attribute
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-lua/blob/547c9c4228e07ebf846690eb44da2eeeb6fde922/lua/libtmux/_internal/observation.lua#L375
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-watchoptions-max_bytes/

Retained event bytes; default 1048576.