# Use of bigint attribute value type

**URL:** <https://forum.datomic.com/t/use-of-bigint-attribute-value-type/794>\
**Category:** Datomic Cloud\
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/use-of-bigint-attribute-value-type/794 "2019-01-16T09:30:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![marshall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/marshall/32/48_2.png) [@marshall](https://forum.datomic.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/use-of-bigint-attribute-value-type/794/6 "2019-02-22T18:06:52Z")

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The latest release of Datomic Cloud includes a fix for this issue:

> [@Datomic Cloud version 470-8654](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-cloud-version-470-8654/854):
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> This message covers changes in this release. For more details, see [https://docs.datomic.com/cloud/releases.html](https://docs.datomic.com/cloud/releases.html) 02/22/2019 - 470-8654 - Compute Template Update The 470-8654 release contains fixes, enhancements, and dependency updates: Fix: Production nodes now use the [documented -Xss values](https://docs.datomic.com/cloud/ions/ions-reference.html#jvm-settings) for starting the JVM, preventing stack overflow when compiling complex ion applications. Fix: Fixed bug where ion connections could fail to become aware of recent transactions in a timely manner. Fix: Al…

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