Joonas Westlin 2/24/2018

How to detect a request is an Application Insights ping test

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This technical article details a method for detecting Application Insights availability monitoring ping tests in an ASP.NET Core application. It examines the SDK's SyntheticTelemetryInitializer class, showing that requests containing the 'SyntheticTest-RunId' and 'SyntheticTest-Location' headers are synthetic. This allows developers to exclude these automated health checks from custom usage data collection logic.

How to detect a request is an Application Insights ping test

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