best practices for Azure Functions timeout when using HttpClient to call an external service?
I'm working on a personal project and Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy... I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. I'm currently developing an Azure Function using .NET 6 that needs to make an HTTP call to an external REST API. However, I keep running into a timeout scenario, which results in an HttpRequestException after 100 seconds. My function is configured to run in a Consumption Plan. I tried increasing the timeout on the HttpClient instance, but it seems to be hitting the Azure Functions timeout limit instead. Here's the relevant code snippet: ```csharp using System; using System.Net.Http; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions.DependencyInjection; [assembly: FunctionsStartup(typeof(MyNamespace.Startup))] public class MyFunction { private static readonly HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient(); [FunctionName("CallExternalApi")] public static async Task Run([HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Function, "get", "post", Route = null)] HttpRequest req, ILogger log) { try { var response = await httpClient.GetAsync("https://externalapi.com/data"); response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); var responseData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); log.LogInformation(responseData); } catch (HttpRequestException e) { log.LogError($"Request behavior: {e.Message}"); } } } ``` I've already tried setting the HttpClient timeout with: ```csharp httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120); ``` But it doesn't seem to have any effect. The Azure Function still times out at around 100 seconds. I also checked the function's host.json file and there are no settings that seem to influence the timeout. Am I missing something? Is there a way to handle long-running HTTP requests in Azure Functions without hitting these limits? Any advice would be appreciated! I'm working with C# in a Docker container on Windows 11. What would be the recommended way to handle this? This is part of a larger microservice I'm building. Am I missing something obvious?