10 min timeout with TransactionScope

Today,I had a transaction timeout problem with the TransactionScope object.

I set up a performance monitoring system in a (heavy) .NET application. One of the tasks is extremely heavy and each call terminates by a TransactionInDoubtException with a timeout message in the InnerException.

TransacIndoubtException in Visual Studio

After some requests on Google and my colleagues, I found the solution which is to modify the machine.config file.

Here is the code to add into the machine.config file. (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\YOUR_FRAMEWORK\Config).

<system.transactions>
    <machineSettings maxTimeout="01:30:00" />
  </system.transactions>

More information (MSDN)

There is always a solution ...even if the path is difficult !