[state] add a hard length limit that will start throwing errors

src/ui/public/config/defaults.js

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export default function configDefaultsProvider() {
       description: 'The time in milliseconds which an information notification ' +
         'will be displayed on-screen for. Setting to Infinity will disable.'
     },
-    'warn:urlLength': {
+    'url:warnLength': {
       value: 1900,
       description: `
         When the application url reaches this length we will start warning about
@@ -238,5 +238,9 @@ export default function configDefaultsProvider() {
         If IE compatibility is not important this can probably be disabled (set to 0).
       `,
     },
+    'url:limit': {
+      value: 2082,
+      description: 'When the application url reaches this length we will start to aggressively fail.',
+    },
   };
 };

src/ui/public/state_management/state.js

@@ -108,8 +108,18 @@ export default function StateProvider(Private, $rootScope, $location, config) {
       $location.search(search);
     }
 
-    const warnLength = config.get('warn:urlLength');
-    if (warnLength && $location.absUrl().length > warnLength) {
+    const urlLength = $location.absUrl().length;
+    const warnLength = config.get('url:warnLength');
+    const failLength = config.get('url:limit');
+
+    if (failLength && urlLength >= failLength) {
+      throw new TypeError(`
+        The URL has gotten too big and kibana can no longer
+        continue. Please refresh to return to your previous state.
+      `);
+    }
+
+    if (warnLength && urlLength >= warnLength) {
       notify.warning(`
         The URL has gotten big and may cause Kibana
         to stop working. Please simplify the data on screen.