422934 - Error "The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted" when reloading an asp page

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Joel Harris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030714 Firefox/3.0b4

"The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted"

This error occurs in Firefox 2 and 3.0b4 with many pages developed in asp.  The problem manifests when refreshing certain pages which have viewstate.  Adding this tag:
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-store" />
prevents the error, but also causes caching to be disabled.  

Here is a link to a forum discussion concerning the problem:
http://forums.asp.net/p/976239/1472501.aspx

Following is a link to a very simple page that demonstrates the problem.  To duplicate, load the page in Firefox then click on the "Data" tab.  Refresh the page, then click on the data tab again.  Bingo.
http://thesneak.gotdns.com/firefoxcache/default.aspx

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load the page in firefox
2. Click the "Data" tab
3. Refresh the page
4. Click the "Data" tab
Actual Results:  
An error occurs:
"The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted"


Expected Results:  
Viewstate information should not be cached and no error should occur

Comment 1

[Joel Harris]

Attachment: Visual Studio project to duplicate the problem

This is a Visual Studio 2005 project which demonstrates the problem.  To duplicate the problem after executing the project, click the data tab on the resulting web page, then refresh the page, then click the data tab again.  Requires the Ajax Control Toolkit dll available from http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=11121

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.x or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 3

[Joel Harris]

This issue is no longer reproducible in version 3.6.6