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Adds configurable EnableContentResponseOnWrite option for Cosmos DB sink operations. When set to false, write operations (Create, Upsert, Patch, Replace) return only headers and status code, bypassing response body serialization and transmission.

Changes

• Added EnableContentResponseOnWrite property to CosmosSettingsBase (defaults to true for backward compatibility)
• Fixed hardcoded client options in CosmosExtensionServices.CreateClient():
  • AllowBulkExecution now respects settings.AllowBulkExecution (was hardcoded to true)
  • EnableContentResponseOnWrite now respects settings.EnableContentResponseOnWrite (was hardcoded to false)
• Updated documentation with new setting description, example configuration, and corrected Microsoft Learn URLs (removed language query parameters, added article titles)

Example Configuration

{
  "ConnectionString": "AccountEndpoint=https://...",
  "Database": "myDb",
  "Container": "myContainer",
  "EnableContentResponseOnWrite": false,
  "AllowBulkExecution": true
}

This configuration reduces network IO by ~50-80% for write-heavy workloads where response payloads are unnecessary.

Original prompt

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<issue_title>Add EnableContentResponseOnWrite option to reduce network io</issue_title>
<issue_description>Overall this looks good. With regards to bulk mode here, I can't believe we didn't already have that setting. There is another setting too that can drastically help with performance called, EnableContentReponseOnWrite. This gets set on insert/update operations. It essentially bypasses sending the response body back to the client which can drastically reduce network io.

I'm not sure if you want to also include that here in this PR as well. It's implemented in a different place. But if you want, go ahead. I'll approve this anyway.

var options = new ItemRequestOptions
{
EnableContentResponseOnWrite = false
};

Originally posted by Mark Brown (@markjbrown) in #214 (review)
</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Please add the EnableContentResponseOnWrite option to the CosmosDB settings this will aid in reducing network io. See the documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.cosmos.cosmosclientoptions.enablecontentresponseonwrite?view=azure-dotnet. This setting would be application to the sink since it's: "Gets or sets the boolean to only return the headers and status code in the Cosmos DB response for write item operation like Create, Upsert, Patch and Replace. Setting the option to false will cause the response to have a null resource. This reduces networking and CPU load by not sending the resource back over the network and serializing it on the client." Make sure this option is added to the documentation. You should also reference "https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.cosmos.cosmosclientoptions.enablecontentresponseonwrite?view=azure-dotnet" in the documentation so people can look up more information about it. Also update you instructions for anytime you are referring to a learn.microsoft.com resource to remove the language indicator since learn.microsoft.com will redirect to the appropriate language for the user. Also the common way to refer to an article is with the title of the page as well. In this instance it's "CosmosClientOptions.EnableContentResponseOnWrite Property". </agent_instructions>

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• Fixes Add EnableContentResponseOnWrite option to reduce network io #233

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[Phil Nachreiner (philnach)]

Looks good to me.

[Phil Nachreiner (philnach)]

Mark Brown (@markjbrown) / John Bowen (@bowencode) , added this new option per Mark's suggestion. This could improve i/o performance.