Azure App Service Plan (Basic Small) limitations?

Question

We have an ASP.NET WebAPI web service deployed on Azure as an App Service, but whenever we call the service, it works continuously for only 8 hours, before it stops with no indication of error.

Is there a CPU time limit that is causing this?

The plan we use is Basic - Small.

Thanks.

Best regards, Evgeni Dyulgerov

Answer 1

Basic small plan does not have any CPU time limit, you can check the details here :

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-subscription-service-limits/#app-service-limits

However, your problem seems to be linked to the Always On setting, which is set to false by default. Whenever your App Service is idle for some time, it "pauses" and automatically wakes up when several requests reach your service.

Try set the Always On setting to ON , as described here : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure/