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Error occurred in deployment step ‘Recycle IIS application pool’

Recently, one of our customers ran into the following error while deploying web applications to Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows servers:

Error occurred in deployment step ‘Recycle IIS Application Pool’

Our experts have put together the following causes and fixes for this error.

Causes

1. The account does not have the needed permissions to recycle the IIS application pool.
2. Visual Studio is not launched with administrative privileges.
3. There are configuration problems with IIS or the application pool.
4. Automatic recycling settings for the application pool are interfering with the deployment.
5. Antivirus or security software on the server may interfere with the deployment process.
6. The versions of Visual Studio, IIS, and the project may be incompatible.

Fixes

1. To begin with, grant the deployment account the needed permissions to recycle the IIS application pool. Also, ensure administrative privileges.
2. Next, close Visual Studio, right-click on its shortcut, and choose “Run as administrator.”
3. Then, verify and correct the IIS configuration, including the application pool settings.
4. After that, adjust the automatic recycling settings for the application pool or manually recycle the application pool before deploying.
5. If the error still occurs, try temporarily disabling antivirus or security software during the deployment process. You may have to change security software settings if necessary.
6. Next, make sure that Visual Studio, IIS, and the project versions are compatible.
7. Finally, check the Event Viewer logs for errors or warnings related to IIS, application pool recycling, or the deployment process. We can use this information to fix the error.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to fix an error in the deployment step ‘Recycle IIS application pool’.