I defined an encrypted text field with a length of 255 and deployed it to my org.
<fields>
<fullName>Field__c</fullName>
<externalId>false</externalId>
<label>Field</label>
<length>255</length>
<maskChar>asterisk</maskChar>
<maskType>all</maskType>
<required>false</required>
<trackFeedHistory>false</trackFeedHistory>
<trackHistory>false</trackHistory>
<trackTrending>false</trackTrending>
<type>EncryptedText</type>
<unique>false</unique>
</fields>
For some reason, I got an error message saying:
Object__c.Field__c Custom Field 73 13 Invalid length, maximum is: 255
although clearly, the field length is set to 255.
Does anyone know how to resolve this deployment issue?