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Node disconnected for reason: Array size too big

See original GitHub issue

For some reason my NBXplorer node keeps disconnecting from bitcoind with the error “Array size too big”. Attached the log:

Feb 01 21:20:12 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: Now listening on: http://127.0.0.1:24444
Feb 01 21:20:12 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
Feb 01 21:20:12 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Indexer.BTC: RPC connection successful
Feb 01 21:20:13 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Indexer.BTC: Full node version detected: 230000
Feb 01 21:20:13 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Indexer.BTC: NBXplorer is correctly whitelisted by the node
Feb 01 21:20:13 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Events: BTC: Node state changed: NotStarted => NBXplorerSynching
Feb 01 21:20:13 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Events: BTC: Node state changed: NBXplorerSynching => Ready
Feb 01 21:20:14 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: warn: NBXplorer.Indexer.BTC: Node disconnected for reason: Unexpected exception while connecting to socket (Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. (Parameter 'Array size too big'))
Feb 01 21:20:14 btcpricetshirt nbxplorer[500482]: info: NBXplorer.Events: BTC: Node state changed: Ready => NotStarted

This is nbxplorer v2.3.41 connecting to bitcoind v23.

Unfortunately it’s not that easy for me to upgrade because I’m using nix-bitcoind and newer versions seems to have broken other packages, so I’m stuck here for the time being… Is this a known issue? Is there a known fix/workaround?

Thanks