'Azure Durable Entity cannot be reached anymore , seems like signals are being queued and not read

I am using Azure Durable Functions and have this running in production. All goes well, but for one specific entity, it seems I can no longer reach that entity anymore.

Signals, Calls... Everything seems to be ignored. And when using the DFM (Durable Functions Monitor), I remember seeing something like queue depth (or queue length) that was rather high.

So, I get the impression that the entity is somewhat "orphaned". But I don't know how to fix it.

  • I would be happy to clear that queue and lose any existing signals. How could I do this?
  • I would even be happy to clear/remove that entity, but even that does not seem possible, as I have only found to clear state of an entity from inside an entity itself.
  • Is there any troubleshooting tips someone can give?

Thanks for any tips,

Sam



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