Control max time a task can run on the service
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users, automatically | 
Mar 1, 2023 |
Apr 1, 2023 |
Business value
Administrators for on-premises environments can control the maximum time a scheduled task is allowed to run. Setting a maximum time helps make background processes more stable.
Feature details
To give administrators increased control over what's happening in their background processes, we introduced a new server setting called MaxTaskSchedulerSessionTimeout with a default value of 24 hours.
Any task created with a timeout value larger than the default setting will not be created. Business Central will throw an exception and send a signal to telemetry so that administrators can monitor the situation.
See also
Task Scheduler Settings (docs)