WCF service timing out when all timeout parameters set to maximum

Question

I have a WCF service that has a very time consuming method that uploads large data files to "azure table storage".

I set my timeouts at runtime on the client side as follows:-

binding = new BasicHttpBinding();
binding.CloseTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.OpenTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);
binding.SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2147483647.0);

and my web.config has the timeouts set as follows:-

<bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" sendTimeout="22:30:00" receiveTimeout="22:30:00" openTimeout="22:30:00" closeTimeout="22:30:00" maxBufferSize="2147483647">
          <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxDepth="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" />
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>

I'm running my code in VS 2012 and the problem i am seeing is that the file upload method crashes after 60 minutes with an unhandled CommunicationException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. If i press F5, the upload continues and completes. The crash appears in the Reference.cs file at this point:-

public void EndFileUploadMethod(System.IAsyncResult result) {
                object[] _args = new object[0];
                base.EndInvoke("FileUploadMethod", _args, result);

Vinnie Vinnie · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26T14:27:04

I use similar azure blob to store my contents. my code doesn't have any timout setting. try this and let me know.

    public static CloudBlobContainer Container
    {
        get
        {
            CloudStorageAccount.SetConfigurationSettingPublisher((configName, configSetter) =>
                {
                    // Provide the configSetter with the initial value
                    configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName));
                    RoleEnvironment.Changed += (sender, arg) =>
                    {
                        if (arg.Changes.OfType<RoleEnvironmentConfigurationSettingChange>().Any((change) =>
                        (change.ConfigurationSettingName == configName)))
                        {
                            // The corresponding configuration setting has changed, so propagate the value
                            if (!configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName)))
                            {
                                // In this case, the change to the storage account credentials in the
                                // service configuration is significant enough that the role needs to be
                                // recycled in order to use the latest settings (for example, the 
                                // endpoint may have changed)
                                RoleEnvironment.RequestRecycle();
                            }
                        }
                    };
                });
            CloudStorageAccount acc = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("RecordingsStorageAccount");
            CloudBlobClient bc = acc.CreateCloudBlobClient();
            CloudBlobContainer c = bc.GetContainerReference(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue("RecordingsContainer"));
            return c;
        }
    }

WCF service timing out when all timeout parameters set to maximum

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