Why is there a message edit limit

[xharris]

The route for editing a message

PUT https://webexapis.com/v1/messages/{messageId}

says it has a limit of 10 edits per message. I'd love to know why it's not unlimited edits as I want to edit a message more than 10 times using a webex bot. Currently my alternative solution is deleting and recreating the message, thus creating many ugly "Bot has deleted their own message".

[xharris]

Thanks! Here is the link to the feature request in case anyone in the future would like to follow it's progress: https://ciscocollabcustomer.ideas.aha.io/ideas/WXCUST-I-8684

[hazeena farook · Accepted solution]

The maximum currently supported is 10 edits per message. If a user attempts to edit a message greater than the maximum times allowed the API will return 400 Bad Request with a message stating the edit limit has been reached. This is by design and if you wish you can create a new feature request for the same here https://ciscocollabcustomer.ideas.aha.io/ and Product Management will evaluate it's feasibility for future implementations.