How long a Storage API connection may remain active before the provider reconnects.

Data Type

string

Default Value

"300"

Remarks

Google BigQuery and many proxies/firewalls restrict the amount of time that idle connections stay alive before they are forcibly closed. This can be a problem when using the Storage API because the component may stream data faster than it can be consumed. While the consumer is catching up, the component does not use its connection and it may be closed by the next time the component uses it.

To avoid this the component will automatically close and reopen the connection if it has been active for too long. This property controls how many seconds the connection has to be active for the component to reset it. To disable these resets this property can also be set to 0 or a negative value.