The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)

Question

I am facing this error all day long and I have not figured it out yet. I have tried:

1. setting the date time zone in the web application to match that of the server
2. set "security validation expires" to never
3. performed after that an IISReset

But nothing worked.

Below you will see the stack trace. I am not sure how to solve this. Anyone any ideas?

The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317) 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)

Source Error: 
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. 

Stack Trace: 

[COMException (0x80090317): The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)]
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.SetHttpParameters(String bstrHttpMethod, String bstrRequestDigest, UInt32 flags, Guid gTranLockerId, Byte[]& ppsaImpersonateUserToken, Boolean bIgnoreTimeout, String bstrUserLogin, String bstrUserKey, UInt32 ulRoleCount, String bstrRoles, Boolean bWindowsMode, String bstrAppPrincipalName, Boolean bIsHostHeaderAppPrincipal, String bstrOriginalAppPrincipalIdentifier, ApplicationPrincipalInfo& pAppUserInfo, Boolean bInvalidateCachedConfigurationProperties, Int32 lAppDomainId, ISPManagedObjectFactory pFactory, Boolean bCallstack, ISPDataCallback pCanaryCallback) +0
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.SetHttpParameters(String bstrHttpMethod, String bstrRequestDigest, UInt32 flags, Guid gTranLockerId, Byte[]& ppsaImpersonateUserToken, Boolean bIgnoreTimeout, String bstrUserLogin, String bstrUserKey, UInt32 ulRoleCount, String bstrRoles, Boolean bWindowsMode, String bstrAppPrincipalName, Boolean bIsHostHeaderAppPrincipal, String bstrOriginalAppPrincipalIdentifier, ApplicationPrincipalInfo& pAppUserInfo, Boolean bInvalidateCachedConfigurationProperties, Int32 lAppDomainId, ISPManagedObjectFactory pFactory, Boolean bCallstack, ISPDataCallback pCanaryCallback) +508

[SPException: The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)]
   Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleComException(COMException comEx) +146
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.SetHttpParameters(String bstrHttpMethod, String bstrRequestDigest, UInt32 flags, Guid gTranLockerId, Byte[]& ppsaImpersonateUserToken, Boolean bIgnoreTimeout, String bstrUserLogin, String bstrUserKey, UInt32 ulRoleCount, String bstrRoles, Boolean bWindowsMode, String bstrAppPrincipalName, Boolean bIsHostHeaderAppPrincipal, String bstrOriginalAppPrincipalIdentifier, ApplicationPrincipalInfo& pAppUserInfo, Boolean bInvalidateCachedConfigurationProperties, Int32 lAppDomainId, ISPManagedObjectFactory pFactory, Boolean bCallstack, ISPDataCallback pCanaryCallback) +2110
   Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.CreateSPRequestAndSetIdentity(SPSite site, String name, Boolean bNotGlobalAdminCode, String strUrl, Boolean bNotAddToContext, Byte[] UserToken, SPAppPrincipalToken appPrincipalToken, String userName, Boolean bIgnoreTokenTimeout, Boolean bAsAnonymous) +3655
   Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite.get_Request() +320
   Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite.OpenWeb(Guid gWebId, Int32 mondoHint) +92
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.CachedArea.GetIdentityWeb(Guid webId, SPSite elevatedSite, Boolean isSuperUser) +393
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.CachedArea.GetChildListByUrl(String listurl) +222
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.EditingMenuActions.QuickDeployAction.IsCurrentlyEnabled(AuthoringStates currentState) +263
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.EditingMenuActions.ConsoleAction.PagePreRenderComplete(Object sender, EventArgs e) +124
   System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +4428

Answer 1

Resetting the environment with an iisreset did the job.

Answer 2

Stop the Timer service. To do this, follow these steps:

• Open Services
• Right-click SharePoint 2010 Timer, and then click Stop.
• Close the Services console.
• In Windows Explorer, locate following folder: %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID
• Find cache.in open in editor type 1 save and close the file.
• Open Services
• Start SharePoint 2010 Timer service

Answer 3

After I cleaned the cache the error below stopped:

Content deployment job 'Remote import job for job with sourceID = d70b63f3-89f5-42e2-8f5d-8457d29cdfe8': Import in progressThe exception thrown was 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException' : 'The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)'

Instructions: https://www.zubairalexander.com/blog/clearing-the-sharepoint-configuration-cache/

Scripts: https://github.com/DwayneSelsig/spcachecleaner