Background sessions now have a timeout
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | 
Apr 1, 2021 |
Business value
Provides a protection mechanism for not overloading the Business Central server.
Feature details
Background sessions that are started by calls to the AL methods StartSession and CreateTask now have timeouts that are configured in the Business Central server instance. A developer can override the server timeout setting by specifying the duration parameter in the AL method calls.
The new server settings and their default values for Business Central online are as follows:
- DefaultTaskSchedulerSessionTimeout – 12 hours
- DefaultStartSessionTimeout – 12 hours
Both settings are dynamically updateable with Business Central on-premises deployments.