diff --git a/internal/sub/clash_service.go b/internal/sub/clash_service.go
index 670d2eb59..1463e3eae 100644
--- a/internal/sub/clash_service.go
+++ b/internal/sub/clash_service.go
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ func (s *SubClashService) getClash(subId string, host string, legacy bool) (stri
 				variants, closed := subReq.clientHostVariants(inbound, client, "clash")
 				hasBoundClosed = hasBoundClosed || closed
 				for _, variant := range variants {
-					render := func() []map[string]any { return s.getProxies(subReq, variant.inbound(subReq, inbound), client, host) }
+					render := func() []map[string]any {
+						return s.budgetedProxies(subReq, variant.inbound(subReq, inbound), client, host)
+					}
 					ordered = append(ordered, orderedSubEntry[func() []map[string]any]{variant.order, render})
 				}
 				continue
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ func (s *SubClashService) getClash(subId string, host string, legacy bool) (stri
 				injectExternalProxy(&clone, effectiveEps)
 				effective = &clone
 			}
-			proxies = append(proxies, s.getProxies(subReq, effective, client, host)...)
+			proxies = append(proxies, s.budgetedProxies(subReq, effective, client, host)...)
 		}
 	}
 	if subReq.hostsFirst {
diff --git a/internal/sub/json_service.go b/internal/sub/json_service.go
index c17edb2fa..3d75cdfdb 100644
--- a/internal/sub/json_service.go
+++ b/internal/sub/json_service.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (s *SubJsonService) GetJson(subId string, host string, alwaysReturnArray bo
 				hasBoundClosed = hasBoundClosed || closed
 				for _, variant := range variants {
 					render := func() subConfigEntry {
-						configs := s.getConfig(subReq, variant.inbound(subReq, inbound), client, host)
+						configs := s.budgetedConfig(subReq, variant.inbound(subReq, inbound), client, host)
 						return subConfigEntry{sortIndex: inbound.SubSortIndex, id: inbound.Id, configs: configs, hostOrder: variant.order}
 					}
 					ordered = append(ordered, orderedSubEntry[func() subConfigEntry]{variant.order, render})
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (s *SubJsonService) GetJson(subId string, host string, alwaysReturnArray bo
 				injectExternalProxy(&clone, effectiveEps)
 				effective = &clone
 			}
-			inboundConfigs = append(inboundConfigs, s.getConfig(subReq, effective, client, host)...)
+			inboundConfigs = append(inboundConfigs, s.budgetedConfig(subReq, effective, client, host)...)
 		}
 		if len(inboundConfigs) > 0 {
 			entries = append(entries, subConfigEntry{
diff --git a/internal/sub/render_budget.go b/internal/sub/render_budget.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f59c9ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/sub/render_budget.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package sub
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database/model"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/logger"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/util/json_util"
+)
+
+// maxRenderedBytes bounds what one subscription response renders: every client and
+// inbound of the subId repeats the remark and endpoints, so the size is a product.
+const maxRenderedBytes = 8 << 20
+
+// renderBudget counts rendered bytes against maxRenderedBytes. The zero value
+// is a fresh budget.
+type renderBudget int
+
+// take books n more bytes and reports whether they still fit. The caller drops
+// what does not fit and stops rendering: a spent budget admits nothing else.
+func (b *renderBudget) take(n int) bool {
+	if b.spent() {
+		return false
+	}
+	*b += renderBudget(n)
+	if b.spent() {
+		logger.Warningf("sub: rendering stopped at %d bytes, the remaining links are dropped", maxRenderedBytes)
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (b *renderBudget) spent() bool {
+	return *b > maxRenderedBytes
+}
+
+// keepLink books a rendered raw link, and its line break, against the request's budget.
+func (s *SubService) keepLink(link string) bool {
+	return s.rendered.take(len(link) + 1)
+}
+
+// budgetedConfig renders a client's JSON configs, keeping those the request's budget admits.
+func (s *SubJsonService) budgetedConfig(subReq *SubService, inbound *model.Inbound, client model.Client, host string) []json_util.RawMessage {
+	if subReq.rendered.spent() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	configs := s.getConfig(subReq, inbound, client, host)
+	for i, config := range configs {
+		if !subReq.rendered.take(len(config)) {
+			return configs[:i]
+		}
+	}
+	return configs
+}
+
+// budgetedProxies renders a client's Clash proxies, keeping those the request's budget admits;
+// the YAML is written only at the end, and its JSON form is about as long.
+func (s *SubClashService) budgetedProxies(subReq *SubService, inbound *model.Inbound, client model.Client, host string) []map[string]any {
+	if subReq.rendered.spent() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	proxies := s.getProxies(subReq, inbound, client, host)
+	for i, proxy := range proxies {
+		text, _ := json.Marshal(proxy)
+		if !subReq.rendered.take(len(text)) {
+			return proxies[:i]
+		}
+	}
+	return proxies
+}
diff --git a/internal/sub/render_budget_test.go b/internal/sub/render_budget_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc55fe7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/sub/render_budget_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package sub
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database/model"
+)
+
+// budgetRepeats copies of budgetRemark are well past maxRenderedBytes.
+var budgetRemark = strings.Repeat("r", 100_000)
+
+const budgetRepeats = 200
+
+func renderedSubscriptionSizes(t *testing.T, subId string) map[string]int {
+	t.Helper()
+	base := NewSubService("")
+	links, _, _, _, err := base.GetSubs(subId, "req.example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetSubs: %v", err)
+	}
+	jsonBody, _, err := NewSubJsonService("", "", "", "", base).GetJson(subId, "req.example.com", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetJson: %v", err)
+	}
+	clashBody, _, err := NewSubClashService(false, "", false, base).GetClash(subId, "req.example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetClash: %v", err)
+	}
+	return map[string]int{"raw": len(strings.Join(links, "\n")), "json": len(jsonBody), "clash": len(clashBody)}
+}
+
+// The final documents indent the booked JSON configs again and list every Clash
+// proxy name a second time in the PROXY group, hence the factor of two.
+func assertBoundedSubscription(t *testing.T, subId string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for format, size := range renderedSubscriptionSizes(t, subId) {
+		if size < len(budgetRemark) || size > 2*maxRenderedBytes {
+			t.Errorf("%s subscription is %d bytes, want %d..%d", format, size, len(budgetRemark), 2*maxRenderedBytes)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Clients sharing a subId repeat the remark just like endpoints do, each in a
+// fan-out of its own, so the response as a whole needs the bound too.
+func TestSubscriptionBoundsRenderedSizeAcrossClients(t *testing.T) {
+	seedSubDB(t)
+	db := database.GetDB()
+	ib := seedSubInbound(t, "s1", "many", 4431, 1, `{"network":"tcp","security":"none"}`)
+	var clients strings.Builder
+	for i := range budgetRepeats {
+		uuid, email := fmt.Sprintf("11111111-2222-4333-8444-%012d", i), fmt.Sprintf("c%d@e", i)
+		fmt.Fprintf(&clients, `{"id":%q,"email":%q,"subId":"s1","enable":true},`, uuid, email)
+		record := &model.ClientRecord{Email: email, SubID: "s1", UUID: uuid, Enable: true}
+		if err := db.Create(record).Error; err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed client %s: %v", email, err)
+		}
+		if err := db.Create(&model.ClientInbound{ClientId: record.Id, InboundId: ib.Id}).Error; err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed client_inbound %s: %v", email, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := db.Model(ib).Updates(map[string]any{
+		"remark":   budgetRemark,
+		"settings": `{"clients":[` + strings.TrimSuffix(clients.String(), ",") + `],"decryption":"none"}`,
+	}).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("update inbound: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertBoundedSubscription(t, "s1")
+}
diff --git a/internal/sub/service.go b/internal/sub/service.go
index 5f9c8cd09..0a0d3cf64 100644
--- a/internal/sub/service.go
+++ b/internal/sub/service.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ type SubService struct {
 	// with the clients array left out; generators read only inbound-level
 	// fields (encryption, method, version, …) from it.
 	settingsByInbound map[int]map[string]any
+	// rendered is what this request has put into its response so far.
+	rendered renderBudget
 	// settingsCache is shared by this service's requests (ForRequest copies the pointer); only
 	// subscription bodies read through it, never panel link rendering.
 	settingsCache   *inboundSettingsCache
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ func (s *SubService) PrepareForRequest(host string) {
 	s.hostsByInbound = nil
 	s.hostGroupOrders = nil
 	s.sharedGroupSni = nil
+	s.rendered = 0
 	mode, _ := s.settingService.GetSubHostSortMode()
 	s.hostsFirst = mode == "hosts-first"
 	s.loadNodes()
@@ -525,6 +528,10 @@ func (s *SubService) getSubs(subId string) ([]string, []string, int64, xray.Clie
 			if client.Enable {
 				hasEnabledClient = true
 			}
+			if s.rendered.spent() {
+				seenEmails[client.Email] = struct{}{}
+				continue
+			}
 			var link string
 			if s.hostsFirst {
 				variants, closed := s.clientHostVariants(inbound, client, "raw")
@@ -552,7 +559,7 @@ func (s *SubService) getSubs(subId string) ([]string, []string, int64, xray.Clie
 			} else {
 				link = s.GetLink(inbound, client.Email)
 			}
-			if !s.hostsFirst {
+			if !s.hostsFirst && s.keepLink(link) {
 				result = append(result, link)
 			}
 			emails = append(emails, client.Email)
@@ -561,7 +568,12 @@ func (s *SubService) getSubs(subId string) ([]string, []string, int64, xray.Clie
 	}
 	if s.hostsFirst {
 		for _, render := range orderedSubValues(ordered) {
-			result = append(result, render())
+			if s.rendered.spent() {
+				break
+			}
+			if link := render(); s.keepLink(link) {
+				result = append(result, link)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	for _, ext := range externalLinks {