Simulating timeout on ASP.NET MVC

Question

Problem:

I need to create a web project with a controller that times out.

What I have done:

Create a new web application
Empty the web.config, and write the values below:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <httpRuntime executionTimeout="1" />
        <compilation debug="false" />
        <httpModules>
            <add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        </httpModules>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Write the following code to the controller:

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public class DefaultController : Controller
{
    public EmptyResult Index()
    {
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000);
        Response.Write("ScriptTimeout: " + HttpContext.Server.ScriptTimeout);
        return new EmptyResult();
    }
}

When run, the server sleeps for 3 seconds, then returns the response without any timeout error. ScriptTimeout value is 1.

Question:

Any idea what went wrong?

Ryan · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 23:38:53Z

1

Do you want a 408 Request Timeout HTTP status code?

public ActionResult Index()
{
    return new HttpStatusCodeResult(408);
}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 23:38

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Adrian Godong Over a year ago

No, not really. Based on the example above, I want to make a one second timeout page/site.

James Simm · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07 10:33:58Z

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The executionTimeout attribute on the <httpRuntime/> element is only taken into account if debug="false" on the <compilation/> element.

Try removing the debug attribute or explicitly setting it to false. Of course, you'll have to run your application without debugging to test it.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/vstudio/e1f13641(v=vs.100).aspx for more details.

answered Mar 7, 2013 at 10:33

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