Question

I created Chat application using SignalR and Asp.net MVC. if user is idle for sometime, he didn’t receive any messages from the server.

Is there any timeout for SignalR persistence connection ?

If yes, how do I modify or reactivate my connection ?

Answer 1

SignalR’s default timeout is 110 seconds for any connection. It will reconnected automatically and you shouldn’t miss any messages. That sounds like you have some other problem. If you want to tweak the timeout in 0.4 like this (assuming asp.net):

// Make idle connections reconnect every 60 seconds
AspNetHost.DependencyResolver.Resolve<IConfigurtionManager>().ReconnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);

Make sure You add using SignalR.Infrastructure to get the Resolve extension method (we’re fixing this in the next version).