Client Disconnected

Question

I am often getting a Client Disconnected message. I don't use load balancing - only a single IIS server. I need to know what is causing this and how to fix it.

Here is the exception info:

Type: System.Web.HttpException Message: The client disconnected.

Exception Data:

Source: System.Web

TargetSite: Void ThrowError(System.Exception, System.String, System.String, Boolean)

StackTrace: at System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.System.Web.UI.IStateFormatter.Deserialize(String serializedState) at System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter formatter, String serializedState) at System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load() at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium() at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Answer 1

It's possible that users are aborting the page post-back by clicking STOP or RELOAD in the browser. Does your application have some pages that are quite heavy, e.g. lots of viewstate, and do you have users that are on slower connections, e.g. dialup?