title: Why async await doesn't working on IIS, but it's working on IIS Express
body: <p>I don't understand, why async/await doesn't resolve problem with IIS threads.</p>
  
  <p><strong>I see that we have limit on IIS threads equals 10, when I use IIS and no limits for IIS express.</strong></p>
  
  <p>I add 2 methods in HomeController  for repeat this problem. One of them (method) use Thread.Sleep and other use async/await.</p>
  
  <p>Of course I use logger (NLog) for describe this problem in more details.</p>
  
  <p>I use apache-jmeter-3.0 with 100 parallel request for one url as stress test.</p>
  
  <p><strong>I was very surprised when the test execution time was approximately the same for IIS and not same for IIS express.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Some code from HomeController</p>
  
  <pre><code>[SessionState(SessionStateBehavior.Disabled)]
  public class HomeController : Controller
  {
      private const int _waitTimeout = 30000;
      private const string _beginFmt = "Begin method; Count = {0}; OperId = {1};";
      private const string _endFmt =   "End method  ; Count = {0}; OperId = {1};";
  
      private static volatile int _counter = 0;
      private static Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
  
      public JsonResult GetWithThreadSleep()
      {
          Guid operId = Guid.NewGuid();
  
          _logger.Info(_beginFmt, Interlocked.Increment(ref _counter), operId);
  
          Thread.Sleep(_waitTimeout);
  
          _logger.Info(_endFmt, Interlocked.Decrement(ref _counter), operId);
  
          return Json(null, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
      }
  
      public async Task&lt;JsonResult&gt; GetWithTaskAwait()
      {
          Guid operId = Guid.NewGuid();
  
          _logger.Info(_beginFmt, Interlocked.Increment(ref _counter), operId);
  
          await Task.Delay(_waitTimeout);
  
          _logger.Info(_endFmt, Interlocked.Decrement(ref _counter), operId);
  
          return Json(null, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Log format </p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;target xsi:type="File" 
              name="f" fileName="${basedir}/logs/${shortdate}.log"
              layout="${threadid} @ ${date:format=HH\:mm\:ss} @ ${level} @${aspnet-sessionid} @ ${message} @ ${callsite:className=False}" 
      /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Test scenario one</strong>: I send 100 parallel GET request to method <strong>GetWithTaskAwait</strong> and expect that the requests will be processed <strong>faster than</strong> 5 minutes, because thread should reused. </p>
  
  <p>But this is not the case. Test duration equals 5 minutes</p>
  
  <pre><code>1 @ 23:43:54 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 1; @ .ctor
  1 @ 23:43:54 @ Info @ @ APP Count = 1; @ Application_Start
  11 @ 23:44:06 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 2; @ .ctor
  ...
  13 @ 23:45:36 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 8; OperId = 28818fba-5535-4c01-9d6d-5efa3943cf37; @ MoveNext
  19 @ 23:45:36 @ Info @ @ Begin method; Count = 9; OperId = c3cd3339-ec29-4625-adb9-62d5c72831b0; @ GetWithTaskAwait
  12 @ 23:45:36 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 9; OperId = d1686c05-ca7a-400c-8c17-43dfb7b9218a; @ MoveNext
  16 @ 23:45:36 @ Info @ @ Begin method; Count = 10; OperId = c1ec5517-649c-4733-9db3-e666e648abae; @ GetWithTaskAwait
  13 @ 23:45:36 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 9; OperId = fbcfc9d9-fb84-456b-82a1-a0d593ef0815; @ MoveNext
  ...
  26 @ 23:49:06 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 8; OperId = 766d4bc5-3739-4e20-a242-1f114dd44442; @ MoveNext
  22 @ 23:49:06 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 7; OperId = 0ba18b30-11c9-49fe-8c94-40bbfa817e88; @ MoveNext
  16 @ 23:49:06 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 9; OperId = 6d7afd57-6128-4bee-bf32-92de7cfc6a34; @ MoveNext
  26 @ 23:49:06 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 6; OperId = 4c022744-9932-4f94-be1d-b982e36460f2; @ MoveNext
  22 @ 23:49:06 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 5; OperId = 05476e6a-106f-4da5-b99b-098b90dbab89; @ MoveNext
  16 @ 23:49:07 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 4; OperId = 3aba1ad2-56b0-4cf5-8aee-7e918eca9fba; @ MoveNext
  27 @ 23:49:07 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 3; OperId = ef972cdd-7992-4816-9452-ecabaf189767; @ MoveNext
  15 @ 23:49:07 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 2; OperId = 9a0f735e-bf6b-4217-b2ef-8abd9ce01d27; @ MoveNext
  30 @ 23:49:07 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 0; OperId = cc75b44a-4e8d-4534-9906-40bddc027267; @ MoveNext
  33 @ 23:49:07 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 1; OperId = bbef36b3-051b-444d-858a-2766bcfcd12b; @ MoveNext
  ...
  26 @ 23:49:49 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 10; @ Dispose
  30 @ 23:50:19 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 9; @ Dispose
  16 @ 23:50:49 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 8; @ Dispose
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Test scenario two</strong>: I send 100 parallel GET request to method <strong>GetWithThreadSleep</strong> and expect that the requests will be processed <strong>equal</strong> 5 minutes, because thread shouldn't reuse.</p>
  
  <pre><code>1 @ 00:15:41 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 1; @ .ctor
  1 @ 00:15:41 @ Info @ @ APP Count = 1; @ Application_Start
  11 @ 00:16:14 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 2; @ .ctor
  ...
  15 @ 00:16:15 @ Info @ @ Begin method; Count = 8; OperId = cedb5075-405c-4c23-93cb-388dc34537ba; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  17 @ 00:16:15 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 10; @ .ctor
  17 @ 00:16:15 @ Info @ @ Begin method; Count = 9; OperId = 777d7464-f900-48c1-991f-ef8c8f7e6e86; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  18 @ 00:16:16 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 11; @ .ctor
  18 @ 00:16:16 @ Info @ @ Begin method; Count = 10; OperId = f9b4b717-94a5-4196-958f-c1234d19514c; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  12 @ 00:16:45 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 8; OperId = 9e40acd4-888f-4656-a5a3-c5a1d210cc88; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  5 @ 00:16:45 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 9; OperId = b068e03e-37e9-446e-ad42-c9ab4c30da93; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  11 @ 00:16:45 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 7; OperId = 22e510e5-62f7-4bc8-8ab0-fdeb3080e250; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  ...
  18 @ 00:21:15 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 2; OperId = 169ef436-6b27-4f4c-a3ca-0b18a5a796cf; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  13 @ 00:21:16 @ Info @cubgm2zsojblkhrwwpixaaej @ End method  ; Count = 1; OperId = ee346be8-17c5-45ac-88b5-67e724250bbf; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  12 @ 00:21:16 @ Info @ @ End method  ; Count = 0; OperId = 68d5deaa-95d6-4627-a129-144ffafcc2ef; @ GetWithThreadSleep
  13 @ 00:22:11 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 10; @ Dispose
  9 @ 00:22:41 @ Info @ @ MVC Count = 9; @ Dispose
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Important information:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>IIS version 10.0.14393.0 </li>
  <li>.NET Framework 4.5.1</li>
  <li>Windows 10 Pro</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>You can download full solution from <a href="https://github.com/sflusov/IISawait.git" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GitHub</a> </p>