Metadata operation links hang when DTO contains array of same type

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Hello, I have a DTO class that references an array of objects of the same type such as the one below:

public class MyDto {
    public MyDto[] Children { get; set; }
}

For some reason, it causes the JSON, XML, etc. metadata links to hang for every operation. However, when I change the type to List<MyDto> it works fine. Any idea why the behaviour is different?

Thanks.

2

It’s likely caused by cyclical deps of directly referencing the same class within itself. Which metadata operation exactly is failing?

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The JSON, XML, JSV and CSV links fail (hang) for all operations regardless of whether the operation references the problematic DTO or not. “/operations/metadata” link works fine.

As a workaround, I’ve changed all my array types to List and haven’t experienced any issues.