# NNS Governance canister feature request: list\_neurons by subaccount **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Tags:** nns\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/nns-governance-canister-feature-request-list-neurons-by-subaccount/37388 "2024-11-16T15:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![dfxjesse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/dfxjesse/32/17424_2.png) [@dfxjesse](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/dfxjesse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/nns-governance-canister-feature-request-list-neurons-by-subaccount/37388/6 "2025-01-22T01:09:46Z")
Maybe we can get the lads at Dfinity to look at this again, there seems to be time to look at ListNeurons now: [https://forum.dfinity.org/t/listneurons-api-change-empty-neurons/40311](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/listneurons-api-change-empty-neurons/40311) > [@Request for Feedback on Governance: list\_neurons pagination API](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/request-for-feedback-on-governance-list-neurons-pagination-api/40362): > > Context The IC Protocol limits message sizes to 2MB, including responses. Some users need to retrieve over a thousand neurons (typically empty) for various reporting purposes. They are currently unable to list them with this API because of these message size limits, as the responses would be over 2MB. While there are workarounds, it was determined that adding paging to this API would allow it to scale better into the future, and prevent wasted computation that results in undeliverable message… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/nns-governance-canister-feature-request-list-neurons-by-subaccount/37388)._