diff --git a/eden/scm/lib/clientinfo/src/request_info.rs b/eden/scm/lib/clientinfo/src/request_info.rs
index 706eff767d4c1..c3d25486498bf 100644
--- a/eden/scm/lib/clientinfo/src/request_info.rs
+++ b/eden/scm/lib/clientinfo/src/request_info.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl ClientRequestInfo {
         } else {
             thread_rng()
                 .sample_iter(Alphanumeric)
-                .take(16)
+                .take(8)
                 .map(char::from)
                 .collect()
         }