How to avoid an HttpException due to timeout
- by Dan
I'm working on a website powered by .NET asp/C# code. The clients require that sessions have a 25 minute timeout. However, sometimes the site is used, and a user stays connected for long periods of time (longer than 25 mins). Session_End is triggered:
protected void Session_End(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Hashtable trackingInformaiton = (Hashtable)Application["trackingInformation"];
trackingInformaiton.Remove(Session["trackingID"]);
}
The user returns some time later, but when they interact with the website, they get an error, and we get this email notification:
User: Unauthenticated User
Error: System.Web.HttpException
Description: Failed to load viewstate. The control tree into which viewstate is being loaded must match the control tree that was used to save viewstate during the previous request...
The telling part of the stack trace is System.Web.UI.Control.AddedControl. Apparently, the server has thrown away the session data, and is sending new data, but the client is trying to deal with old data. Hence the error that "the control tree into which viewstate is being loaded [doesn't] match the control tree that was used to save the viewstate during the prevoius request."
So here's the question. How can I force instruct the user's browser to redirect to a "you're logged out" screen when the connection times out? (Is it something I should add to the Session_End method?)
