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Crystal_Pacheco
Level 4
Nov 11, 2026 5:37 PM UTC
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New Email Designer: every Custom CSS save adds ~156 KB of editor CSS to the email's head

Has anyone else run into this in Marketo's new Email Designer?

Every time I save CSS through the Custom CSS panel, the designer adds five <style type="text/css"> blocks to the email's <head>. They're the editor's own interface styles (React Spectrum dialog, button, provider and icon CSS), with class names like .dialog_1f91a33b_Ecg7PG_i18nFontFamily__9784a8a4. Each save adds another identical copy of about 156 KB.

Reproduction with a built-in template:

  • Clean export: 32 KB
  • After one Custom CSS save: 191 KB
  • After a second save: 348 KB

The editor then warns about Gmail's 100 KB HTML and 16 KB CSS limits, and eventually says the file is too large and becomes unusable. Content check didn't flag it after the first save.

Workaround so far: avoid the Custom CSS panel. Put the styles inline instead, or delete the .dialog_ / .button_ / .provider_ / .icon_ style blocks from the HTML by hand.


This is new. We used the Custom CSS panel in these same templates without problems until about a month ago, so it looks like a recent update caused it. Has anyone else noticed this starting recently?

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhitemanAccepted solution
User Group Leader
Nov 12, 2026 5:42 AM UTC

Weirdly, I can’t repro this - what’s the exact built-in template you were testing with?

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SanfordWhiteman
User Group Leader
SanfordWhitemanUser Group LeaderAccepted solution
User Group Leader
Nov 12, 2026 5:42 AM UTC

Weirdly, I can’t repro this - what’s the exact built-in template you were testing with?

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Crystal_Pacheco
Level 4
Nov 12, 2026 2:41 PM UTC

Hi ​@SanfordWhiteman I was using the Bodea Newsletter template, but I assume its on any template. 
I also submitted a support ticket . I tested in another Marketo instance and the same issue was there.

 

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SanfordWhiteman
User Group Leader
User Group Leader
Nov 12, 2026 9:48 PM UTC

I tried with Bodea as well and didn’t see it (yet). Do you see the extra styles in preview/Simulate Content?

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Crystal_Pacheco
Level 4
Nov 13, 2026 2:32 PM UTC

The issue is resolved, it was on my end, I had a Chrome plugin installed from an AEM Content Advisor
Chrome Plugin I recently added from Marketo support for another project. Weird bug.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/aem-content-advisor/hgagfaikdinmneghfgjjocmfidmnadga?hl=en-US&utm_source=ext_sidebar

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