Heartbeat doesn't work for short-running WorkerServices (<30 sec) - FlushAsync won't sent the heartbeat

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• Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService 2.21
• .NET 6
• AKS - Linux

Describe the bug

It seams that the heartbeat isn't working for applications that run shorter than 30 seconds, even when FlushAsync is called.

To Reproduce

1. Create a console application that writes to the application insight traces
2. Using this configuration:

        services.ConfigureTelemetryModule<DiagnosticsTelemetryModule>((module, _) =>
        {
            module.HeartbeatInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
            module.IsHeartbeatEnabled = true;
        });
        services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(config);
   

3. Flush for 30 seconds. In the finally

       await _myTelemetryClient.FlushAsync(CancellationToken.None);
       await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
   

Sometimes it's too late. The traces are sent really earlier (29 sec)

I tried lowering the HeartbeatInterval, but 30 seconds is the lowest possible value?

So the FlushAsync doesn't seem to send the heartbeat, that's the bug.

Is there a way to send the heartbeat manually?

Work around: await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(45)); - we don't really like this. The job needs 5 seconds, and now 50 (10 times!)

Related: #1689, #407

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Yes indeed, im still waiting for a response...

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A fix is here: #2762

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@TimothyMothra could you please help me in getting a reaction/get the fix (https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-dotnet/pull/2762) merged?