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Asked: 2026-05-24T04:22:55+00:00

I wrote a TFS 2010 server plugin that updates a field in a work

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I wrote a TFS 2010 server plugin that updates a field in a work item, when ever the same work item makes some specified state transition (e.g. from Resolved to Active).
The plug in works great when I only update a single work item (with Team Explorer or Visual Studio).

However, when I try to make a bulk update, editing 50 work items at once, using Excel 2010, the plugin crashes, and both excel and TFS hang for roughly 5 minutes. The exception I get (I logged it in the event handler) is:
Exception Message: TF26174: Team Foundation timed out trying to connect to the server. Check that you have a network connection and that the Team Foundation Server is available. If the problem persists, contact your Team Foundation Server administrator. (type ConnectionException)

I checked and other, better known and refined plugins such as TFS Aggregator has the same problem.

Does anybody know how I can fix this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Eventually I came up with a way to write a robust and durable server plugin. I blogged about it here.

    Assaf.

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