[FEATURE] Export-PnPFlow - Add options to capture errors, increase timeout, retry attempts

[robertcaretta]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Koen recently added verbose information to Export-PnPFlow. I was hoping this could be expanded for error trapping purposes. https://github.com/pnp/powershell/issues/865#event-5404518820

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to be able to capture errors from Export-PnPflow with ErrorAction and/or ErrorVariable so I can send those to a log file and provide email notifications.

Describe alternatives you've considered Here is a work-around I have created. This feels like a hack. I think a more formal approach would be better.

$VerboseStream = (Export-PnPFlow -Environment $globals.envGUID -Identity $_.Flow_FlowName -OutPath $outPath -AsZipPackage -Verbose | Tee-Object -Variable 'String' | Out-Null) 4>&1

if($VerboseStream -like 'error') { }

[robertcaretta]

Can you also option for the follwings:

1. Increasing the HttpClient.Timeout
2. Retry option

[gautamdsheth]

You can maybe increase the timeout by adding this environment variable like below:

$env:SharePointPnPHttpTimeout = 300

and then use the Export-PnPFlow command, maybe that can help ?

[robertcaretta]

Okay I will try that. Thanks for the suggested.

Hopefully the other ideas I posted will be considered to make this cmdlet more resilient.

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 9:49 AM Gautam Sheth @.***> wrote:

You can maybe increase the timeout by adding this environment variable like below:

$env:SharePointPnPHttpTimeout = 300

and then use the Export-PnPFlow command, maybe that can help ?

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[robertcaretta]

@gautamdsheth - I am getting back into testing this process I am working on. I added the variable you suggested above. I'm seeing it take 5 minutes to establish a connection with Connect-PnPOnline? I am using a service account that doesn't require MFA. Typically a connection takes 1-2 seconds. I can see in the Azure AD logs that it is showing the 12:10 time. So it's not hitting Azure for 5 minutes.

Is this to be expected now? Or is there some kind of new/temporary problem?