EEM_SOFT_MAX_COMMENT_DEPTH</code><a style="float: right" href="#sections"><i class="fas fa-chevron-up fa-sm"></i></a></h3>

<p>A comment is nested at a maximum depth of 255.  As a soft limit, it is enforced by the <code class="highlighter-rouge">witness_plugin</code>.  See: <a href="https://github.com/steemit/steem/blob/62b48877d9f731c3fe00ef818e3324a0a3de3e63/libraries/plugins/witness/witness_plugin.cpp#L224">witness_plugin.cpp</a></p>

<p>Prior to HF17, the maximum comment depth was 6.  See: <a href="http