System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Count cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: count

[HareeshvareU]

We have a app hosted in AWS and we get this exception in our database once a while bringing the application down. A simple restart of the services makes it work again. This issue has been flagged in Github at multiple places but there is no resolution or root cause for this . Can someone please help here.
.NET framework - 4.8
Stack trace is below:
Exception
ArgumentOutOfRangeException
StackTrace
at System.String.CopyTo(Int32 sourceIndex, Char[] destination, Int32 destinationIndex, Int32 count) at System.IO.StreamWriter.Write(String value) at System.IO.TextWriter.SyncTextWriter.Write(String value) at System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.Write(String message) at System.Diagnostics.TraceListener.WriteHeader(String source, TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id) at System.Diagnostics.TraceListener.TraceEvent(TraceEventCache eventCache, String source, TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String message) at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.TraceEvent(TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String format, Object[] args) at System.Web.Http.Tracing.SystemDiagnosticsTraceWriter.TraceMessage(TraceLevel level, String message) at System.Web.Http.Tracing.SystemDiagnosticsTraceWriter.Trace(HttpRequestMessage request, String category, TraceLevel level, Action1 traceAction) at System.Web.Http.Tracing.ITraceWriterExtensions.TraceError(ITraceWriter traceWriter, Exception exception, HttpRequestMessage request, String category, String operatorName, String operationName, Action1 errorTrace) at System.Web.Http.Tracing.ITraceWriterExtensions.d__24.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Web.Http.Owin.HttpMessageHandlerAdapter.d__13.MoveNext()

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[tarekgh]

This is seems Sysstem.IO issue. Here is a readable stack:

at System.String.CopyTo(Int32 sourceIndex, Char[] destination, Int32 destinationIndex, Int32 count) 
at System.IO.StreamWriter.Write(String value) 
at System.IO.TextWriter.SyncTextWriter.Write(String value) 
at System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.Write(String message) 
at System.Diagnostics.TraceListener.WriteHeader(String source, TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id) 
at System.Diagnostics.TraceListener.TraceEvent(TraceEventCache eventCache, String source, TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String message) 
at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.TraceEvent(TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String format, Object[] args) 
at System.Web.Http.Tracing.SystemDiagnosticsTraceWriter.TraceMessage(TraceLevel level, String message) 
at System.Web.Http.Tracing.SystemDiagnosticsTraceWriter.Trace(HttpRequestMessage request, String category, TraceLevel level, Action1 traceAction) 
at System.Web.Http.Tracing.ITraceWriterExtensions.TraceError(ITraceWriter traceWriter, Exception exception, HttpRequestMessage request, String category, String operatorName, String operationName, Action1 errorTrace) 
at System.Web.Http.Tracing.ITraceWriterExtensions.d__24.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- 
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) 
at System.Web.Http.Owin.HttpMessageHandlerAdapter.d__13.MoveNext()

The string that trying to write to the stream is originally created by a call like string.Create(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, stackalloc char[256], $"{source} {eventType}: {id} : ") https://source.dot.net/#System.Diagnostics.TraceSource/System/Diagnostics/TraceListener.cs,384 which I am not sure if this is what causes the problem?

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[stephentoub]

The original poster cited running on .NET Framework 4.8.

[tarekgh]

@stephentoub good point.

on netfx, the string is created normally using String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} {1}: {2} : ", source, eventType.ToString(), id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)) https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#System/compmod/system/diagnostics/TraceListener.cs,404.

The code will throw in the line https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/io/streamwriter.cs,437 which has assert statement in the previous line suggesting what the problem could be: Contract.Assert(n > 0, "StreamWriter::Write(String) isn't making progress! This is most likely a race condition in user code.");