WCF Quotas

When using WCF and transferring rather big objects or collection of objects or objects with a big amount of inner properties through the network, you can encounter a problem something like here:

Failed to invoke the service. Possible causes: The service is offline or inaccessible; the client-side configuration does not match the proxy; the existing proxy is invalid. Refer to the stack trace for more detail. You can try to recover by starting a new proxy, restoring to default configuration, or refreshing the service

The underlying secure session has faulted before the reliable session fully completed. The reliable session was faulted.

Server stack trace:

   at System.Runtime.InputQueue`1.WaitQueueReader.Wait(TimeSpan timeout, T& value)

   at System.Runtime.InputQueue`1.Dequeue(TimeSpan timeout, T& value)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.InputQueueChannel`1.Dequeue(TimeSpan timeout, TDisposable& item)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.DuplexChannel.TryReceive(TimeSpan timeout, Message& message)

   at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DuplexChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation,

   Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall,

   ProxyOperationRuntime operation)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]:

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)

                                                                         …

When starting WCF service locally – the exception disappears and everything works clearly.

Here are quotas on the level of binding:

MaxBufferPoolSize, MaxBufferSize, MaxReceivedMessageSize, MaxArrayLength, MaxBytesPerRead, MaxDepth, MaxNameTableCharCount, MaxStringContentLength.

Another point is that WCF uses dataContractSerializer or xmlSerializer when transferring objects. DataContractSerializer has maxItemsInObjectGraph property limit. It has 65535 value by default.

Here is possible solution for this problem:

1.      In your server configuration file (App.config/Web.config) find your binding and set required properties that override default values and add dataContractSerializer setting in serviceBehavior section:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>

    <system.serviceModel>

<behaviors>

      <serviceBehaviors>

        <behavior name="Common">

          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false"/>

          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>

          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483646"/>

        </behavior>

      </serviceBehaviors>

    </behaviors>

        <bindings>

               <netTcpBinding>

       <binding name="YourBindingName"

                        maxBufferSize="2147483647"

                        MaxBufferPoolSize ="2147483647"

                        maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"

                        openTimeout="00:10:00"

                       receiveTimeout="00:10:00"

                       transactionFlow="true" >

          <reliableSession enabled="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"/>

          <readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="2147483647"

                                      maxArrayLength="2147483647"

                                      maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"

                                      maxDepth="2147483647"

                                      MaxNameTableCharCount="2147483647"/>

          <security mode="Transport">

            <transport clientCredentialType="Windows"/>

          </security>

        </binding>

               </netTcpBinding>

        </bindings>

<services>

      <service behaviorConfiguration="Common" name="YourServiceName">

        <host>

          <baseAddresses>

            <add baseAddress="YourServiceBaseAddress" />

          </baseAddresses>

        </host>

        <endpoint name="YourEndpointName" address="" binding="netTcpBinding"

                           bindingConfiguration="YourBindingConfiguration" contract="YourContract" />

        <endpoint address="net.tcp://targetServer:777/Services/YourServiceName/mex"

                            binding="mexTcpBinding"

                            contract="IMetadataExchange" />

      </service>

</services>

        <client>

            <endpoint address="yourAddress"

                binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="bindingName"

                contract="yourContract" name="endpointName">

                <identity>

                    <userPrincipalName value="yourUser@yourDomain.com" />

                </identity>

            </endpoint>

        </client>

    </system.serviceModel>

</configuration>

2.      On the client size open configuration file and set the required options (client needs endpointBehaviors to be set):

<system.serviceModel>

    <behaviors>

    <endpointBehaviors>

        <behavior name="ClientBehavior">

            <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>

        </behavior>

    </endpointBehaviors>

    </behaviors>

    <bindings>

      <netTcpBinding>

        <binding name="YourBindingName"

          maxBufferSize="2147483647"

          maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"

          openTimeout="00:10:00"

          receiveTimeout="00:10:00"

          transactionFlow="true"

          transactionProtocol="OleTransactions">

          <reliableSession enabled="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"/>

          <readerQuotas

                        maxStringContentLength="2147483647"

                        maxArrayLength="2147483647"

                        maxBytesPerRead="2147483647"

                        maxDepth="2147483647"

                        maxNameTableCharCount="2147483646"

                        />

          <security mode="Transport">

            <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />

          </security>

        </binding>

      </netTcpBinding>

    </bindings>

    <client>

      <endpoint

        address="YourServiceName"

        binding="netTcpBinding"

        bindingConfiguration=" YourBindingName "

        contract="YourContract"

        name="endpointName"

        behaviorConfiguration="ClientBehavior">

        <identity>

          <userPrincipalName/>

        </identity>

      </endpoint>

    </client>

  </system.serviceModel>