Correct Answer: The app was not warmed up before the swap; configure Application Initialization to pre-warm the staging slot before traffic is routed
App Service swaps traffic to the new slot before the application is fully initialized. Configuring Application Initialization (applicationInitialization element in web.config, or w...
Correct Answer
The app was not warmed up before the swap; configure Application Initialization to pre-warm the staging slot before traffic is routed
Why This Answer Is Correct
App Service swaps traffic to the new slot before the application is fully initialized. Configuring Application Initialization (applicationInitialization element in web.config, or warmup requests) ensures the slot is warmed up and healthy before the swap completes, preventing 500 errors.
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You are deploying a web application to Azure App Service. Your team uses slot deployments. After deploying a new version to the staging slot and running smoke tests, you swap staging to production. Users report the app is slow for the first few minutes after the swap. What feature eliminates this cold-start issue?
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