View State Error handling in UiPath Process

How to handle this error with UiPath Studio

Global Asax - ; Exception of type ‘System.Web.HttpUnhandledException’ was thrown. ; 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. For example, when adding controls dynamically, the controls added during a post-back must match the type and position of the controls added during the initial request.
Stack Trace for the above error:
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadChildViewStateByIndex(ArrayList childState)
at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadViewStateRecursive(Object savedState)
at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

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@vpansare

Can you please provide more info like where and when you are encountering this error?

is it specific to any process?

cheers

The error “Failed to load viewstate” in UiPath Studio is an ASP.NET error indicating a mismatch in the web application’s control tree during viewstate loading. It’s caused by issues like dynamically added controls, server recycling, or network problems. UiPath can’t fix the web application, so the approach is to handle it gracefully using Try Catch blocks, implement retry mechanisms or navigation to a stable state, log errors, and ensure robust UI interaction practices like using Wait For Ready and avoiding direct URL navigation if the application is highly stateful.

Hi @vpansare

could you pls share the error workflow. might be you should use stable page loads, wait activities, and attach browser to fix it.