We have a workflow that runs on new items that initially removes all inherited permissions from the list and then grants extra permissions to the users that need it. We have had issues with this for a while and after some investigation and checking the logs we get this at the time of the workflow erroring.
System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.PersistenceException: The transaction has aborted. ---> System.Transactions.TransactionAbortedException: The transaction has aborted. ---> System.TimeoutException: Transaction Timeout - -- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Transactions.TransactionStateAborted.CreateAbortingClone(InternalTransaction tx) at System.Transactions.DependentTransaction..ctor(IsolationLevel isoLevel, InternalTransaction internalTransaction, Boolean blocking) at System.Transactions.Transaction.DependentClone(DependentCloneOption cloneOption) at System.Transactions.TransactionScope.SetCurrent(Transaction newCurrent) at System.Transactions.TransactionScope.PushScope() at System.Transactions.TransactionScope..ctor(TransactionScopeOption scopeOption) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOePersistenceService.Commit(Transaction transaction, ICollection items) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkBatch.PendingWorkCollection.Commit(Transaction transaction) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkBatch.Commit(Transaction transaction) at System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.WorkflowCommitWorkBatchService.CommitWorkBatch(CommitWorkBatchCallback commitWorkBatchCallback) at System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.DefaultWorkflowCommitWorkBatchService.CommitWorkBatch(CommitWorkBatchCallback commitWorkBatchCallback) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowExecutor.CommitTransaction(Activity activityContext) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowExecutor.Persist(Activity dynamicActivity, Boolean unlock, Boolean needsCompensation) - -- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowExecutor.Persist(Activity dynamicActivity, Boolean unlock, Boolean needsCompensation) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowExecutor.System.Workflow.ComponentModel.IWorkflowCoreRuntime.PersistInstanceState(Activity activity) at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity.MarkClosed() at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityExecutionContext.CloseActivity() at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityExecutorOperation.Run(IWorkflowCoreRuntime workflowCoreRuntime) at System.Workflow.Runtime.Scheduler.Run()
It seems that the removal of the inherited permissions is taking too long and causing it to time out. Is there someway to remove inherited permissions in a simpler way or would i need to increase the time out time?
I have tried seperating the workflow down into individual steps to remove / grant permissions:
Any help would be great.
Thanks
