ASP.NET MVC - Menu error "Argument cannot be null"

[Balaji]

I have an MVC 3 application that has been running well so far on a Windows 2012 web server. We are in the process of upgrading the application, AS IS, to a Windows 2022 server. And are running into the following error:

 

 

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: value]
   System.Web.Caching.CacheEntry..ctor(String key, Object value, CacheDependency dependency, CacheItemRemovedCallback onRemovedHandler, DateTime utcAbsoluteExpiration, TimeSpan slidingExpiration, CacheItemPriority priority, Boolean isPublic, CacheInternal cache) [phone]
   System.Web.Caching.CacheInternal.DoInsert(Boolean isPublic, String key, Object value, CacheDependency dependencies, DateTime utcAbsoluteExpiration, TimeSpan slidingExpiration, CacheItemPriority priority, CacheItemRemovedCallback onRemoveCallback, Boolean replace) +141
   System.Web.Caching.AspNetCache.Insert(String key, Object item, CacheInsertOptions options) +107
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.CacheProvider.Insert(String key, Object value) +54
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.Cache.Get(String key, Func`1 defaultValueFactory) +146
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.ControllerContextCache.GetControllerContext(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName, String areaName) +204
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.AuthorizationContextCache.AuthorizationContextFactory(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName, String actionName, String areaName) +52
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.<>c__DisplayClass1.<GetAuthorizationContext>b__0() +44
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.Cache.Get(String key, Func`1 defaultValueFactory) +95
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.AuthorizationContextCache.GetAuthorizationContext(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName, String actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) +346
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.ControllerAuthorization.IsAccessibleToUser(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName, String actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) +151
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.NavigationItemAuthorization.IsAccessibleToUser(RequestContext requestContext, INavigatable navigationItem) +367
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.NavigationItemContainerExtensions.WriteItem(TItem item, TComponent component, IHtmlNode parentTag, INavigationComponentHtmlBuilder`1 builder) +315
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.<>c__DisplayClass4.<WriteHtml>b__3(MenuItem item) +36
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.Extensions.EnumerableExtensions.Each(IEnumerable`1 instance, Action`1 action) +159
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.Menu.WriteHtml(HtmlTextWriter writer) +352
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBase.Render() +87
   Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBuilderBase`2.Render() +15

 

At this point, I am fairly certain this has to do with some dll mismatch between the 2 servers. The 2022 server has MVC3 installed on it.

Any ideas what I should be looking at?

[Georgi]

Hello,

Are you able to reproduce the issue locally, or it only replicates after deployment?

[Balaji]

Hello! Thanks for your response. Didn't see this until today. I cannot reproduce this locally, and neither on the old Windows server, but only on the new Windows 2k22 server. Thanks!

[Georgi]

I can see that the used version is quite outdated, could you please test if the same reproduces with our latest version?

[Balaji]

Thanks for your response Georgi! I am currently working on getting licenses transferred or whatever it takes, will check this out as soon as that is taken care of. Thanks again!

[Georgi]

Please let us know once you get the license sorted if any further assistance is needed.