Social SearchProvider can produce 'Index was not found' exceptions after recycles
After recycles, Index was not found exceptions can appear in Sitecore log files. The exceptions are raised during execution of the SearchProvider type:
1548 09:17:23 WARN Sitecore shutting down
1548 09:17:23 WARN Shutdown message: HostingEnvironment initiated shutdown
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10096 09:17:34 ERROR There is no appropriate index for /sitecore/social/Messages - {DBB82699-FEE0-4A1E-9B52-FACC436925C6}. You have to add an index crawler that will cover this item
10096 09:17:34 ERROR Sitecore.Social: Social messages index could not be determined for master database. Messages root path: /sitecore/social/Messages. Please check indexes configuration.
Exception: System.ArgumentException
Message: Index was not found
Source: Sitecore.ContentSearch
at Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchManager.GetIndex(String name)
at Sitecore.Social.Search.SearchProvider.GetSearchIndex()
The patch is designed to prevent the exceptions and log a warning if the SearchProvider tries to resolve the Social index after the indexes collection is cleared.
This patch is licensed under the Sitecore Corporation A/S License for GitHub.
Downloads are available via GitHub Releases.