server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -196,12 +196,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
 
-            //return if no free slot
-            //Note that this *should* normally return a 503 however this is not an unexpected result and we're pretty tightly wired into that meaning the server is closed at the client end which
-            //handles it at a lower api level
-            //returning an OK method here allows the client to handle it at the level of the report dialog rather than the api handler which will short circuit if it was a 503
-            if (!Util.ReportRenderManager.RenderSlotAvailable(log))
-                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(new { busy = true, retryms = ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT }));
+            //check for an kill any expired prior renders stuck around
+            Util.ReportRenderManager.KillExpiredRenders(log);
 
             ReportBiz biz = ReportBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
             if (!Authorized.HasReadFullRole(HttpContext.Items, biz.BizType))
@@ -213,9 +209,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             var API_URL = $"http://127.0.0.1:{httpConnectionFeature.LocalPort}/api/v8/";
             try
             {
+                var Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDERING_TIMEOUT);
                 var result = await biz.RenderReport(reportRequest, API_URL);
 
-
                 if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(result))
                     return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
                 else