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articles/firewall/long-running-sessions.md

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- **Idle timeout**: Idle sessions are recycled based on the TCP idle timeout settings. For north-south traffic, you can request an increase in the timeout. For east-west traffic, the timeout is fixed at 5 minutes.
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- **Autorecovery**: If an Azure Firewall instance becomes unresponsive, it's automatically recovered. This process can result in the disconnection of long-running sessions.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> To avoid connectivity issues, configure a keep-alive mechanism within your application that communicates through the Azure Firewall for east-west traffic. This ensures that long-running sessions remain active and aren't affected by the idle timeout settings.
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## Applications sensitive to TCP session reset
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For more information, see [How to secure a virtual network](../virtual-network/virtual-network-vnet-plan-design-arm.md#security) and [Network security groups](../virtual-network/network-security-groups-overview.md).
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> [!NOTE]
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> For north-south traffic, an idle timeout results in a reset packet (RST) getting sent to both the source and destination. In contrast, for east-west traffic, a reset **isn't** sent when an idle timeout occurs.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> - **North-south traffic**: The Azure Firewall sends a reset packet (RST) to both the source and destination when an idle timeout occurs.
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> - **East-west traffic**: The Azure Firewall doesn't send a reset packet (RST) when an idle timeout occurs.
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## Next steps
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