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@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ To modify a commit scope safely, use [`bdr.alter_commit_scope`](/pgd/latest/refe
 
 - DDL run in serializable transactions can face the error: `ERROR: could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transactions`. A workaround is to run the DDL outside serializable transactions.
 
+- The EPAS 17 data type [`BFILE`](/epas/latest/reference/sql_reference/02_data_types/03a_bfiles/) is not currently supported. This is due to `BFILE` being a file reference that is stored in the database, and the file itself is stored outside the database and not replicated.
+
 Details of other design or implementation [limitations](planning/limitations) are also available.