diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
index 37b1ebef74..2f37c22a73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ public abstract class ParserMinimalBase extends JsonParser
      * as part of error messages.
      *
      * @since 2.9
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. {@link ErrorReportConfiguration#getMaxErrorTokenLength()} will be used instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     protected final static int MAX_ERROR_TOKEN_LENGTH = 256;
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/IOContext.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/IOContext.java
index 203318c3f3..b80ade5d9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/IOContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/IOContext.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ErrorReportConfiguration;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonEncoding;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.StreamReadConstraints;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.StreamWriteConstraints;
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ public class IOContext
      */
     protected final StreamReadConstraints _streamReadConstraints;
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    protected final ErrorReportConfiguration _errorReportConfiguration;
+
     /**
      * @since 2.16
      */
@@ -129,18 +135,38 @@ public class IOContext
      * @param managedResource Whether input source is managed (owned) by Jackson library
      *
      * @since 2.16
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16, use {@link #IOContext(StreamReadConstraints, StreamWriteConstraints, BufferRecycler, 
+     * ContentReference, boolean, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public IOContext(StreamReadConstraints src, StreamWriteConstraints swc, BufferRecycler br,
                      ContentReference contentRef, boolean managedResource)
     {
-        _streamReadConstraints = (src == null) ?
-                StreamReadConstraints.defaults() : src;
-        _streamWriteConstraints = (swc == null) ?
-                StreamWriteConstraints.defaults() : swc;
+        this(src, swc, br, contentRef, managedResource, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main constructor to use.
+     *
+     * @param src constraints for streaming reads
+     * @param swc constraints for streaming writes
+     * @param br BufferRecycler to use, if any ({@code null} if none)
+     * @param contentRef Input source reference for location reporting
+     * @param managedResource Whether input source is managed (owned) by Jackson library
+     * @param erc Error report configuration to use
+     *
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    public IOContext(StreamReadConstraints src, StreamWriteConstraints swc, BufferRecycler br,
+                     ContentReference contentRef, boolean managedResource, ErrorReportConfiguration erc)
+    {
+        _streamReadConstraints = src;
+        _streamWriteConstraints = swc;
         _bufferRecycler = br;
         _contentReference = contentRef;
         _sourceRef = contentRef.getRawContent();
         _managedResource = managedResource;
+        _errorReportConfiguration = erc;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -150,19 +176,14 @@ public IOContext(StreamReadConstraints src, StreamWriteConstraints swc, BufferRe
      * @param managedResource Whether input source is managed (owned) by Jackson library
      *
      * @since 2.15
-     * @deprecated use v2.16 constructor with additional <code>StreamWriteConstraints</code>
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. Use {@link #IOContext(StreamReadConstraints, StreamWriteConstraints, BufferRecycler, 
+     * ContentReference, boolean, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public IOContext(StreamReadConstraints src, BufferRecycler br,
                      ContentReference contentRef, boolean managedResource)
     {
-        _streamReadConstraints = (src == null) ?
-                StreamReadConstraints.defaults() : src;
-        _streamWriteConstraints = StreamWriteConstraints.defaults();
-        _bufferRecycler = br;
-        _contentReference = contentRef;
-        _sourceRef = contentRef.getRawContent();
-        _managedResource = managedResource;
+        this(src, StreamWriteConstraints.defaults(), br, contentRef, managedResource, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -199,6 +220,16 @@ public StreamWriteConstraints streamWriteConstraints() {
         return _streamWriteConstraints;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return Configured {@link ErrorReportConfiguration}, containing configured values for 
+     * handling error reporting.
+     *
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    public ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration() {
+        return _errorReportConfiguration;
+    }
+
     public void setEncoding(JsonEncoding enc) {
         _encoding = enc;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
index ccbfa7d2fe..22aedb5ae9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ protected void _reportInvalidToken(String matchedPart, String msg) throws IOExce
             }
             ++_inputPtr;
             sb.append(c);
-            if (sb.length() >= MAX_ERROR_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+            if (sb.length() >= _ioContext.errorReportConfiguration().getMaxErrorTokenLength()) {
                 sb.append("...");
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
index 48d71b6af7..125e9c530c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
@@ -3691,7 +3691,7 @@ protected void _reportInvalidToken(String matchedPart, String msg) throws IOExce
                 break;
             }
             sb.append(c);
-            if (sb.length() >= MAX_ERROR_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+            if (sb.length() >= _ioContext.errorReportConfiguration().getMaxErrorTokenLength()) {
                 sb.append("...");
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/NonBlockingUtf8JsonParserBase.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/NonBlockingUtf8JsonParserBase.java
index d5a962e556..e581fb663d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/NonBlockingUtf8JsonParserBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/NonBlockingUtf8JsonParserBase.java
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ protected JsonToken _finishErrorToken() throws IOException
                 // 11-Jan-2016, tatu: note: we will fully consume the character,
                 // included or not, so if recovery was possible, it'd be off-by-one...
                 _textBuffer.append(ch);
-                if (_textBuffer.size() < MAX_ERROR_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+                if (_textBuffer.size() < _ioContext.errorReportConfiguration().getMaxErrorTokenLength()) {
                     continue;
                 }
             }