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IdleTimeout Metabase Property

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The IdleTimeout property specifies how long (in minutes) a worker process should run idle if no new requests are received and the worker process is not processing requests. After the allotted time passes, the worker process should request to be shut down by the World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service).

Note

If the value of this property is less than the value of PeriodicRestartTime Metabase Property, IIS sets both properties to their default values.

Attribute Name Attribute Value

XML Data Type

DWORD

WMI Data Type

SINT32

ADSI Data Type

DWORD

ABO Data Type

DWORD

ABO Metabase Identifier

MD_APPPOOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT

Attributes

INHERIT

Default Value

20

MetaFlagsEx

CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

ID

9005

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool/application_pool_name

IIsApplicationPool

/LM/W3SVC/AppPools

IIsApplicationPools

Code Example

For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.