title: The listener for function 'Function1' was unable to start
body: <p>While running a simple Timer Trigger Azure Function locally, I'm getting below error.</p>
  <p>I create new Azure Functions project with timer trigger using Visual Studio 2019.</p>
  <p>I have Azure development Workload installed.
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fYM9v.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fYM9v.png" alt="Azure development Workload installed" /></a></p>
  <p>Code:</p>
  <pre><code>using System;
  using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs;
  using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host;
  using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
  
  namespace FunctionApp1
  {
      public static class Function1
      {
          [FunctionName(&quot;Function1&quot;)]
          public static void Run([TimerTrigger(&quot;*/12 * * * * *&quot;)]TimerInfo myTimer, ILogger log)
          {
              log.LogInformation($&quot;C# Timer trigger function executed at: {DateTime.Now}&quot;);
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>Error:</p>
  <pre><code>[2021-11-24T15:45:29.878Z] The listener for function 'Function1' was unable to start.
  [2021-11-24T15:45:29.880Z] The listener for function 'Function1' was unable to start. Azure.Storage.Blobs: Server encountered an internal error. Please try again after some time.
  RequestId:3bb00ada-83ec-4685-987b-5d4b51cb39db
  Time:2021-11-24T15:45:29.5583585Z
  [2021-11-24T15:45:29.880Z] Status: 500 (Server encountered an internal error. Please try again after some time.)
  [2021-11-24T15:45:29.881Z] ErrorCode: InternalError
  </code></pre>
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/59026924/6119878">This answer</a> suggests to disable the firewall. It seems firewall is the issue for me also. When disabling firewall is not an option, is there any way to overcome this?</p>