Can GetAppAndOptionalStorePackageUpdatesAsync method be stuck?

Question

I have code like this:

IReadOnlyList<StorePackageUpdate> updates =  
                await storeContext.GetAppAndOptionalStorePackageUpdatesAsync();  

After this invocation my application starts doing its stuff. Sometimes, when the store is down I think that this method is 'hanging' and it's waiting for a result that never comes. Is it possible? What is returned if the store is down? Is it null or exception is being thrown? I couldn't find anything in the docs or the forums.

For example - HttpClient.GetStringAsync() throws an exception if there is a network problem and the exception is listed in the documentation, but I can't find anything for this method.

Sources:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/packaging/self-install-package-updates
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.services.store.storecontext.getappandoptionalstorepackageupdatesasync?view=winrt-20348
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.http.httpclient.getstringasync?view=net-5.0

Answer 1

Hello,

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Can GetAppAndOptionalStorePackageUpdatesAsync method be stuck?

Generally, the method will throw an exception if the server is down, unavailable or the server is having some unknown error. This method won't be stuck. I have to say that not all the exceptions will be listed on the document.

Thank you.

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