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 * `maxFileSizeErrorCallback(file, errorCount)` A function which displays an error a selected file is larger than allowed. (Default: displays an alert for every bad file.)
 * `fileType` The file types allowed to upload. An empty array allow any file type. (Default: `[]`)
 * `fileTypeErrorCallback(file, errorCount)` A function which displays an error a selected file has type not allowed. (Default: displays an alert for every bad file.)
-* `maxChunkRetries` The maximum number of retries for a chunk before the upload is failed. Valid values are any positive integer and `undefined` for no limit. (Default: `undefined`)
+* `maxChunkRetries` The maximum number of retries for a chunk before the upload is failed. Valid values are any positive integer and `undefined` for no limit. (Default: `100`)
 * `permanentErrors` List of HTTP status codes that define if the chunk upload was a permanent error and should not retry the upload. (Default: `[400, 404, 409, 415, 500, 501]`)
 * `chunkRetryInterval` The number of milliseconds to wait before retrying a chunk on a non-permanent error.  Valid values are any positive integer and `undefined` for immediate retry.  (Default: `undefined`)
 * `withCredentials` Standard CORS requests do not send or set any cookies by default. In order to include cookies as part of the request, you need to set the `withCredentials` property to true. (Default: `false`)