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HangfireIO/Hangfire

An easy way to perform background job processing in .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required · C# · 369 source files

Analyzed at c236dd0f93 on 2026-08-13. 131 documented errors.

Code / MessageTypeSeverityTags
Was unable to initialize a background job
exception error job-creation, retry, storage, race-condition
Only 'SqlServerTimeoutJob' type supports transactional…
exception error transactional-acknowledge, queue-provider, type-mismatch, notsupportedexception
Expression object should be not null.
exception error null-reference, expression-tree, job-definition, di
Context argument should be of type…
exception error aspnetcore, dashboard, type-cast, argumentexception
Current storage doesn't support specifying queues directly…
exception error not-supported, queues, storage-features, configuration
`DisableTransactionScope` option does not support external…
exception error configuration, transactionscope, queue-provider, net-framework, notsupportedexception
Could not release a lock on the resource
exception error distributed-lock, sqlserver, transaction, concurrency, applock
stateMachine
validation error argument-null, job-factory, state-machine
The type ` ` must be derived from the ` ` type.
exception error argument, job-definition, type-mismatch, reflection
Could not get a value of the job parameter
exception error invalid-cast, job-parameter, type-mismatch, client
Only public methods can be invoked in the background…
exception error not-supported, job-definition, reflection, access-modifier
context
validation error argument-null, culture, job-filter, client-filter
Background job creation failed. See inner exception for…
exception error storage, serialization, job-creation, backgroundjobclientexception, wrapper
SchedulePollingInterval must be non-negative and either…
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, timeout, validation, background-jobs
storage
validation critical csharp, hangfire, argumentnullexception, configuration, storage, startup, background-jobs
factory
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentnullexception, constructor, custom-services, background-jobs
exception
validation error argument-null, exception-context, client-filter
Current OWIN environment does not contain an instance of…
exception critical owin, hosting, shutdown, cancellation-token, invalidoperationexception
value
validation error configuration, null-argument, sqlclient, argumentnullexception
Expression body should be of type `MethodCallExpression`
exception error argument, expression-tree, job-definition, client
Async void methods are not supported. Use async Task…
exception error not-supported, async, job-definition, task
filterProvider
validation error argument-null, job-factory, filters, di
HeartbeatInterval must be either non-negative and equal to…
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, watchdog, validation, background-jobs
Job method can not contain unassigned generic type…
exception error not-supported, job-definition, generics, reflection
Argument count must be equal to method parameter count.
exception error argument, job-definition, argument-count, reflection
StopTimeout must be either equal to or less than
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, timeout, validation, background-jobs
Could not set parameter for a created job.
exception error obsolete, job-parameter, client-filter, api-misuse
ShutdownTimeout must be either equal to or less than
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, timeout, validation, background-jobs
assembly
exception error hangfire, dashboard, stylesheet, embedded-resource, argumentnullexception
Job has been performed, but an exception occurred during…
exception error job-performance, disposal, idisposable, obsolete, exception-wrapping
client
validation error di, configuration, argumentnullexception, extension-method, schedule
Global methods are not supported. Use class methods instead.
exception error not-supported, job-definition, reflection, declaring-type
JobActivator returned NULL instance of the
exception error job-performance, di, job-activator, obsolete, activation
performer
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentnullexception, constructor, custom-services, background-jobs
Unable to obtain resource identifier
exception error concurrency, format-exception, resource-template, attribute
.NET Core version of the System.Data.SqlClient package…
exception error sqlserver, versioning, dependency, not-supported
Output parameters are not supported: there is no guarantee…
exception error not-supported, job-definition, out-parameter, serialization
Can not release a distributed lock: it was not acquired.
exception error concurrency, distributed-lock, state-corruption, filter-lifecycle
app
validation error argument-null, owin, bootstrapper, obsolete, configuration
ServerTimeout must be either non-negative and equal to or…
validation error argument-out-of-range, configuration, server, watchdog, obsolete
Unable to find the required services. Please add all the…
exception critical di, startup, configuration, netcore
Anonymous functions, delegates and lambda expressions…
exception error serialization, delegates, job-arguments, notsupported
MonitoringApi should inherit the `JobStorageMonitor` class
exception error dashboard, storage-provider, feature-flag, notsupported
Timeout argument value should be greater than zero.
validation error concurrency, distributed-lock, argument-range, attribute
CheckInterval must be either non-negative and equal to or…
validation error argument-out-of-range, configuration, server, watchdog, obsolete
An exception occurred during arguments deserialization.
exception error job-performance, serialization, argument-mismatch, obsolete, exception-wrapping
ServerCheckInterval must be either non-negative and equal…
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, watchdog, validation, background-jobs
WorkerCount property value should be positive.
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentoutofrangeexception, configuration, validation, background-jobs
options
validation error csharp, hangfire, argumentnullexception, configuration, constructor, background-jobs
Parameters, passed by reference, are not supported: there…
exception error not-supported, job-definition, ref-parameter, serialization
State change of a background job failed. See inner…
exception error storage, state-change, backgroundjobclientexception, wrapper
Storage transaction class must inherit the…
exception error state, storage, transactional-acknowledge, invalid-operation
Timeout expired. The timeout elapsed prior to obtaining a…
exception warning distributed-lock, sql-server, timeout, contention, sp-getapplock
Unsupported filter instance
exception error filter, interface-validation, registration
An exception occurred during job activation.
exception error job-performance, di, job-activator, obsolete, exception-wrapping
context must be of type 'OwinDashboardContext'
exception error not-supported, dashboard, owin, host-mismatch, obsolete
The type ` ` does not contain a method with signature ` ( )
exception error reflection, method-resolution, compatibility
Server ' ' can't process recurring job ' ' of version ' '…
exception warning recurring-job, version-mismatch, rolling-upgrade, not-supported
Unable to parse queue path
exception error msmq, configuration, parsing
SqlCommandSet for is not supported, use regular commands…
exception error sqlserver, reflection, provider, not-supported
compatibilityLevel
validation error csharp, hangfire, invalid-enum, configuration, compatibility
Connection must be open before acquiring a distributed lock.
exception error sqlserver, distributed-lock, connection
DelaysInSeconds value must be an array of non-negative…
validation error configuration, validation, retry, argumentexception, attribute
Attempts value must be equal or greater than zero.
validation error configuration, validation, retry, argumentoutofrangeexception, attribute
The queue name must consist of lowercase letters, digits…
validation error validation, queue-naming, argument
profiler
validation error profiling, argument-null, internal
All the threads should be non-null and in the…
validation error hangfire, threading, argument-validation, background-processing
Could not load the job. See inner exception for the details.
exception error serialization, job-load, compatibility
The Order value should be greater or equal to '-1'
exception error filter, argument-range, configuration
Timeout value should be equal to or greater than zero.
validation error argument, configuration, sqlserver
threadFactory
validation error argument-null, processing, threading, internal-api
Property ' .Connection' not found.
exception error sqlserver, reflection, provider, compatibility
Resource with name not found in assembly .
exception error dashboard, embedded-resource, manifest, configuration
routes
exception error argument-null, owin, dashboard, configuration, internal-api
activator
exception error argument-null, job-performance, obsolete, di
Could not place a lock on the resource
exception error distributed-lock, sql-server, permissions, sp-getapplock
At least one unstarted thread should be created.
validation error argument, processing, threading, configuration, internal-api
Could not find connection string with name
validation error connection-string, configuration, net-framework, config
dispatcher
validation error argument-null, dashboard, dispatcher, obsolete, adapter
owinEnvironment
validation error argument-null, dashboard, owin, environment, obsolete
Can not add a continuation: parent background job
exception error continuations, missing-job, state, race-condition
Wrong number of parts in the
exception error cron, recurring-job, validation
execution
validation error argument-null, processing, execution, internal-api
Unknown MSMQ transaction type: + _transactionType
exception error msmq, configuration, enum
The `timeOut` value must be positive.
validation error sqlserver, argument, server-lifecycle
type
validation error csharp, hangfire, argument-null, json, serialization, deserialization
Please add a NuGet package reference to either…
exception critical nuget, dependency, sqlclient, configuration, setup
Could not load type 'SqlCommandSet' from assembly
exception error sqlserver, reflection, provider, type-load
jobStorage
validation error argument-null, dashboard, storage, configuration, obsolete
An exception occurred during performance of the job.
exception error performer, job-execution, exception-wrapping, server
The QueuePollInterval property value should be positive…
validation error options, validation, timespan, configuration
configuration
validation error csharp, hangfire, argument-null, configuration, compatibility
method
exception error argument-null, job-construction, reflection, obsolete
CRON expression is invalid. Please see the inner exception…
exception error cron, recurring-job, validation, argument
The 'Job' field has a null or empty value
exception error recurring-job, storage-corruption, invalid-operation
No dispatchers registered for the processing server.
exception critical server, dispatcher, configuration, invalid-operation
Property ' .Transaction' not found.
exception error sqlserver, reflection, provider, trimming
Misfire option ' ' is not supported.
exception error recurring-job, misfire, storage-corruption, not-supported
Multiple provider instances registered for queues
exception error sqlserver, queue, configuration
threadCount
validation error hangfire, argument-validation, task-scheduler, configuration, threading