Launching aspx SOAP services project in Visual Studio 2013 Causes StackOverflowException

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This is a C# web services project in Visual Studio that has existed for a number of years. Today it started throwing an exception upon startup within Visual Studio, but only when the debugger is attached.

The exception is:

System.StackOverflowException was unhandled
Message: An unhandled exception of type 'System.StackOverflowException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

This is Visual Studio 2013 Update 3.

Relevant section of stack trace:

System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.JsonDataContract.WriteJsonValue(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator jsonWriter, object obj, System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContextComplexJson context, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)   Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.InternalSerialize(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, bool isDeclaredType, bool writeXsiType, int declaredTypeID, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle) Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.InternalSerializeReference(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, bool isDeclaredType, bool writeXsiType, int declaredTypeID, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)    Unknown
[Lightweight Function]  
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.JsonDataContract.WriteJsonValue(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator jsonWriter, object obj, System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContextComplexJson context, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)   Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.SerializeAndVerifyType(System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract dataContract, System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, bool verifyKnownType, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle, System.Type declaredType)    Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContextComplexJson.SerializeWithXsiType(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, System.RuntimeTypeHandle objectTypeHandle, System.Type objectType, int declaredTypeID, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle, System.Type declaredType) Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.InternalSerialize(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, bool isDeclaredType, bool writeXsiType, int declaredTypeID, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle) Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.InternalSerializeReference(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, bool isDeclaredType, bool writeXsiType, int declaredTypeID, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)    Unknown
[Lightweight Function]  
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.JsonClassDataContract.WriteJsonValueCore(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator jsonWriter, object obj, System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContextComplexJson context, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)  Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.JsonDataContract.WriteJsonValue(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator jsonWriter, object obj, System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContextComplexJson context, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)   Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializerWriteContext.SerializeWithoutXsiType(System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract dataContract, System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator xmlWriter, object obj, System.RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle)   Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer.InternalWriteObjectContent(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator writer, object graph)  Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer.InternalWriteObject(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator writer, object graph) Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.WriteObjectHandleExceptions(System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlWriterDelegator writer, object graph, System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractResolver dataContractResolver) Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer.WriteObject(System.Xml.XmlDictionaryWriter writer, object graph)  Unknown
System.Runtime.Serialization.dll!System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer.WriteObject(System.IO.Stream stream, object graph)    Unknown
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Runtime.dll!Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Runtime.Tracing.JsonUtility.Serialize(object data, System.IO.Stream outputStream) Unknown
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Runtime.dll!Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Runtime.Tracing.RequestDataHttpHandler.System.Web.IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context) Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()  Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep step, ref bool completedSynchronously)  Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.PipelineStepManager.ResumeSteps(System.Exception error)   Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.BeginProcessRequestNotification(System.Web.HttpContext context, System.AsyncCallback cb)  Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(System.Web.Hosting.IIS7WorkerRequest wr, System.Web.HttpContext context)    Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationHelper(System.IntPtr rootedObjectsPointer, System.IntPtr nativeRequestContext, System.IntPtr moduleData, int flags) Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.ProcessRequestNotification(System.IntPtr rootedObjectsPointer, System.IntPtr nativeRequestContext, System.IntPtr moduleData, int flags)   Unknown
[Native to Managed Transition]  
[Managed to Native Transition]  
System.Web.dll!System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationHelper(System.IntPtr rootedObjectsPointer, System.IntPtr nativeRequestContext, System.IntPtr moduleData, int flags) Unknown
System.Web.dll!System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.ProcessRequestNotification(System.IntPtr rootedObjectsPointer, System.IntPtr nativeRequestContext, System.IntPtr moduleData, int flags)   Unknown
[AppDomain Transition]

Encamp answered 27/10, 2014 at 15:31 Comment(0)

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The following entry added to the web.config prevents this problem:

<appSettings>
    <!--  Turn-off VS2013 BrowserLink feature which causes issues when Debugging -->
    <add key="vs:EnableBrowserLink" value="false" />

Encamp answered 27/10, 2014 at 15:31 Comment(3)

Wow, I've been scratching my head over this for an hour trying to find where in the hell I have caused an infinite loop! The problem went away after disabling BrowserLink, thanks. BTW you can also disable it from the VS toolbar by clicking the little arrow beside "↺" – Inconvincible 23/9, 2015 at 13:41

@Saeb: Adding it to the web.config makes sure that the issue is not encountered by others working on the same project. – Selfdrive 25/2, 2016 at 12:45

@Encamp : Awesome :) – Eisen 1/12, 2016 at 21:52

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The answer by redcalx is correct.

This problem still exists in the 'latest' version of Visual Studio (2015). I ran into it and thought, might as wel try it because I am totally out of ideas.

Well, it worked, I am so grateful.

Version information: Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 Version 14.0.25425.01 Update 3 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01586

Installed Version: Enterprise Architecture and Modeling Tools 00322-80000-00000-AA466 Microsoft Architecture and Modeling Tools

Visual C# 2015 00322-80000-00000-AA466 Microsoft Visual C# 2015 ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8) 14.1.11107.0 ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8)

ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2 4.1.41102.0

ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013 5.2.40314.0

Beaujolais answered 29/9, 2016 at 14:14 Comment(0)

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