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[containerapp] Container Apps logs in follow mode exit after not receiving new logs for a few minutes
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Description
Source: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/33487 (by @catmanjan)
Affected extension: `containerapp` (`src/containerapp/`)
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# Issue #33487 (by @catmanjan)
## Title
Container Apps logs in follow mode exit after not receiving new logs for a few minutes
## Body
### Describe the bug
Similar to https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/28267
I am following container logs like so
az containerapp logs show --n cmlinux -g cmlinux --follow --tail 30
The container is intentionally quiet in logging, after approximately 3 minutes the log command just stops
### Related command
az containerapp logs show --n cmlinux -g cmlinux --follow --tail 30
### Errors
N/A
### Issue script & Debug output
az containerapp logs show --n cmlinux -g cmlinux --follow --tail 30
{"TimeStamp": "2026-06-03T04:45:59.2214149+00:00", "Log": "F 013c:fixme:file:NtFsControlFile FSCTL_PIPE_IMPERSONATE: impersonating self"}
{"TimeStamp": "2026-06-03T04:48:25.34888", "Log": "No logs since last 60 seconds"}
{"TimeStamp": "2026-06-03T04:49:25.74618", "Log": "No logs since last 60 seconds"}
{"TimeStamp": "2026-06-03T04:50:26.18445", "Log": "No logs since last 60 seconds"}
{"TimeStamp": "2026-06-03T04:51:26.71221", "Log": "No logs since last 60 seconds"}
sysadmin@nuc:~$
### Expected behavior
Should tail forever
### Environment Summary
azure-cli 2.87.0
Can also reproduce it in browser
### Additional context
_No response_
## Comments
### Comment by @yonzhan
Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.
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