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How to set RediSearch ON_TIMEOUT configuration in Azure Manage Redis - Encountering invalid arguments error.

Malcolm Robertson - DSV 0 Reputation points
2025-09-26T11:15:52.53+00:00

When trying to create a Azure Manage Redis instance, using the below PowerShell command, it gives the error. How can we set the ON_TIMEOUT to FAIL for this? It is available in official Redis documentation, and we require this for migrating our on-prem application to cloud.

https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/ai/search-and-query/administration/configuration/

Az.RedisEnterpriseCache.internal\New-AzRedisEnterpriseCacheDatabase : Arguments for the module 'RediSearch' are invalid. The valid values are MINPREFIX, MAXEXPANSIONS, MAXPREFIXEXPANSIONS, MAXDOCTABLESIZE, MAXSEARCHRESULTS, PARTIAL_INDEXED_DOCS, FORK_GC_CLEAN_THRESHOLD.

New-AzRedisEnterpriseCache `
  -...
  -Module "{ name:RedisJSON }","{name:RedisBloom }","{name:RedisTimeSeries}","{name:RediSearch,args:`"MINPREFIX 1 ON_TIMEOUT FAIL`" }" `
  -...
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  1. Pradeep Kommaraju 940 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2025-12-16T21:15:55.6133333+00:00

    Hello Malcolm Robertson - DSV

    Azure Cache for Redis doesn’t let you configure RediSearch timeouts.
    These are hard-coded and managed by the service.

    How to fix or mitigate:

    • Optimize queries (smaller result sets, proper indexes).
    • Use LIMIT and pagination.
    • Split heavy queries into smaller ones.
    • Scale up the cache tier for more CPU/memory.
    • Handle timeouts at the app level (retries, circuit breakers).

    In short: You can’t change RediSearch timeouts in Azure Redis — optimize queries or scale the cache.
    If fine-grained timeout tuning is critical, consider Redis Enterprise or keep search-heavy workloads outside Redis.

    Do let me know if you have any further questions , Or Do accept the answer if this was helpful .

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