Set-PnPListItem: The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 100 seconds elapsing

[gruering]

Trying to update lots of items in a SharePoint list with Set-PnPListItem results in an error:
The request was cancelled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 100 seconds elapsing

Changing the RequestTimeout property on the context object of the connection did not help.

Expected behavior

RequestTimeout property of the context object in the connection prevents the error

Actual behavior

Could not find any way around this error so far.

Steps to reproduce behavior

Update all list items in a list containing 3000 items.

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

2.2.0

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• Windows

[jpwegmuller50]

I'm running into the same issue updating 55,000+ items. I'm using a quick and dirty way around this by retrying one time if it times out (sample code below). So far that's been enough of a workaround.

          try {
            Set-PnPListItem -List $MatrixList -Identity $matrixItemId -Values $values -UpdateType UpdateOverwriteVersion -Batch $batch
          } catch {
            # if timed out, try again
            if ($PSItem.Exception.Message.IndexOf("HttpClient.Timeout") -ne -1) {
              Write-Host "  timed out, trying again..."
              Set-PnPListItem -List $MatrixList -Identity $matrixItemId -Values $values -UpdateType UpdateOverwriteVersion -Batch $batch
            } else {
              throw $_
            }
          }