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14 July, 2021

Sitecore Upgrade - Redis Session State crashes IIS App Pool

After upgrading Sitecore 9.0.1 to 10.0.1, I enabled the Redis Cache Session State for Content Delivery environment. App pool started to crash whenever the session ends. As part of SessionEnd, all the analytics session data will be pushed to xDB. At that time, there is an exception at the background thread and crashes the app pool. After multiple crashes, app pool stopped as well. 

ERROR Unhandled exception detected. The ASP.NET worker process will be terminated. 
Exception: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
Message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
Source: mscorlib
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.SerializationInvoke(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext& context)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.FixupSpecialObject(ObjectHolder holder)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
   at Sitecore.SessionProvider.Redis.BinarySerializer.Deserialize(Byte[] dataAsBytes)
   at Sitecore.SessionProvider.Redis.ChangeTrackingSessionStateItemCollection.GetData(String normalizedName)
   at System.Web.Util.AspCompatApplicationStep.AnyStaObjectsInSessionState(HttpSessionState session)
   at System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.FireSessionOnEnd(HttpSessionState session, Object eventSource, EventArgs eventArgs)
   at System.Web.SessionState.SessionOnEndTargetWorkItem.RaiseOnEndCallback()
   at System.Web.Util.WorkItem.CallCallbackWithAssert(WorkItemCallback callback)
   at System.Web.Util.WorkItem.OnQueueUserWorkItemCompletion(Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem()
   at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()

Nested Exception

Exception: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException
Message: Member 'f' was not found.
Source: mscorlib
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo.GetElement(String name, Type& foundType)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo.GetByte(String name)
   at Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.SessionSettings..ctor(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)

One of the key part of the upgrade documentation is the post deployment steps. In that it is mentioned that we should clear the session state. Also it means that we should not use the same Redis Cache server for both the Sitecore version as it can cause conflict. We were trying to use the same Redis Cache server and once we brought in a new Redis Cache server dedicated for the new Sitecore environment, everything started to work without any crashes. Or You should clear the session data on an existing Redis Cache server and use it only for the new Sitecore version.

  • Clear the Session data before loading the upgraded site or
  • Configure a new dedicated Redis Cache Server

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