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Blazor server-side: Accumulated SignalR messages hits IIS 30Mb limit #13470

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Description

@Tewr

Describe the bug

When using Server-side blazor and IIS hosting, the IIS 30Mb upload limit is reached after a certain amount of interop messages (I'd guess, around 30Mb :P)

This problem is limited to the use of WebSockets under IIS, if SignalR fallbacks to XHR, there is no problem.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Using 3.0.100-preview8-013656 / VS 19 16.3 Preview 2
  2. Create a new Blazor server-side project.
    Paste the following code in index.razor:
@page "/"
@inject IJSRuntime js
<h1>IIS "Request body too large" reproduction</h1>

<button @onclick="IISProblem">Click here to launch the test</button>
<pre>@output</pre>

@code {
    string output = "";
    public async Task IISProblem()
    {
        // Create a js method that echoes data
        await js.InvokeAsync<string>("eval", "window.t = function(s) { return s ; }");

        output += $"Creating big string...{Environment.NewLine}";
        this.StateHasChanged();
        // Create a string that passes the defsault signalR limit
        var data = "ABCDEGFHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ";
        var largeString = data;
        while (System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetByteCount(largeString + data) < 30768)
        {
            largeString += data;
        }

        output += $"Transferring ({System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetByteCount(largeString)} bytes) string back and forth...{Environment.NewLine}";
        this.StateHasChanged();

        var bugAppearsAtLeastAt = (40 * 1024 * 1024);
        for (var i = 0; i < (bugAppearsAtLeastAt / 30768) ; i++)
        {
            var p = await js.InvokeAsync<string>("t", largeString);
            var x = p;
        }

        output += $"Success! bug not reproduced!";
    }
}
  1. Launch using default config (IIS Express), click the button
  2. See error:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.Core.IISHttpServer: Error: Unexpected exception in "IISHttpContext.ReadBody".

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.BadHttpRequestException: Request body too large.
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.BadHttpRequestException.Throw(RequestRejectionReason reason)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.Core.IISHttpContext.ReadBody()
Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.HubConnectionHandler: Error: Error when processing requests.

System.IO.InvalidDataException: Connection terminated while reading a message.
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.HubConnectionHandler`1.DispatchMessagesAsync(HubConnectionContext connection)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.HubConnectionHandler`1.RunHubAsync(HubConnectionContext connection)
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware: Information: Executed endpoint '/_blazor'

Expected behavior

The text "Success! bug not reproduced!" appears.

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Additional context

The problem can also be reproduced with IIS (rather than IIS express).

I have not been able to work around this using the following in web.config:

<system.webServer>
      <security>
        <requestFiltering>
          <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1048576000" />
        </requestFiltering>

Workarounds

  1. If the following is added to Startup.cs, it avoids the problem:
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
            app.Use(async (context, next) =>
            {
                context.Features.Get<IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature>()
                    .MaxRequestBodySize = null; // setting this to a number will just postpone the bug until that limit has reached (i.e 50Mb will still break after three pushes of the button in the example above)

                await next.Invoke();
            });
  1. Use Kestrel - OK
  2. Use IIS Without websockets (Falls back to XHR) - OK

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise>dotnet --info
.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
Version: 3.0.100-preview8-013656
Commit: 8bf06ffc8d

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.17134
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview8-013656\

Host (useful for support):
Version: 3.0.0-preview8-28405-07
Commit: d01b2fb7bc

.NET Core SDKs installed:
1.1.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.202 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.403 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.500 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.502 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.503 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.504 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.505 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.600-preview-009472 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.600-preview-009497 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.1.602 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.102 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
2.2.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.0.100-preview-009812 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.0.100-preview-010184 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.0.100-preview8-013656 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0-preview-18579-0056 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0-preview-19075-0444 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0-preview8.19405.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.0.15 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0-preview-27122-01 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0-preview-27324-5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0-preview8-28405-07 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0-alpha-27128-4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0-preview-27325-3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0-preview8-28405-07 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

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