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Why Missing Timeouts Cause Recurring Outages in .NET
Missing timeouts in .NET applications turn performance issues into capacity problems, as requests hang forever and hold resources like threads and connections. This leads to backlog growth, SLA failures, and forced process recycling. The article provides a production playbook for setting time budgets, wiring cancellation, and rolling out changes safely.
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The piece correctly frames timeouts as a capacity decision, not a tuning knob, but experienced engineers may find the advice basic.
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