When I debug the Timer Function, I get the message (forever) and cannot continue debugging... "The host is taking longer than expected to start"
When I debug the Timer Function, I get the message (forever) and cannot continue debugging... "The host is taking longer than expected to start"
I had this problem and I resolved it by setting values for AzureWebJobsDashboard and AzureWebJobsStorage in my local.settings.json file.
I obtained these values from the Azure portal under:
Function Apps -> FunctionAppName -> Function app settings -> Manage application settings