Set the default ConnectTimeout to a finite value

docs/docfx/articles/direct-forwarding.md

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHttpForwarder forwarder)
         AllowAutoRedirect = false,
         AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
         UseCookies = false,
-        ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current)
+        ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current),
+        ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
     });
     var transformer = new CustomTransformer(); // or HttpTransformer.Default;
     var requestConfig = new ForwarderRequestConfig { ActivityTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100) };

docs/docfx/articles/http-client-config.md

@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ new SocketsHttpHandler
     AllowAutoRedirect = false,
     AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
     UseCookies = false,
-    ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current)
+    ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current),
+    ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
 };
 ```
 

samples/ReverseProxy.Direct.Sample/Startup.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHttpForwarder forwarder)
                 AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
                 UseCookies = false,
                 ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current),
+                ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
             });
 
             // Setup our own request transform class

src/ReverseProxy/Forwarder/ForwarderHttpClientFactory.cs

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public HttpMessageInvoker CreateClient(ForwarderHttpClientContext context)
             AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
             UseCookies = false,
             ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current),
+            ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
 
             // NOTE: MaxResponseHeadersLength = 64, which means up to 64 KB of headers are allowed by default as of .NET Core 3.1.
         };

testassets/ReverseProxy.Direct/Startup.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
             UseProxy = false,
             AllowAutoRedirect = false,
             AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
-            UseCookies = false
+            UseCookies = false,
+            ActivityHeadersPropagator = new ReverseProxyPropagator(DistributedContextPropagator.Current),
+            ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
         });
 
         var transformBuilder = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<ITransformBuilder>();