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> While the docs correctly state here
> (
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/protocol-overview.html#PROTOCOL-MESSAGE-CONCEPTS
> )
> that the size bytes represent the length of the message


It states it's the length of the "message contents".  That the leading byte
is a header and not content seems reasonably implied - otherwise the field
would just be 'the length of the message' and there would be no need to
even clarify that the length field itself is included in the count.

David J.

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