Cannot find reference assembly 'System.Reflection.Primitives.dll' file for package System.Reflection.Primitives

Question

We have hosted a ASP.NET Core v3.1 Website in IIS. But when I try to view the page getting internal server error. This issue only occurs in the specific machine. Also, we are not using the referred package anywhere.

• Server OS: Windows Server 2019 Standard

• .NET Core v3.1

  Category: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware Category: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.Core.IISHttpServer EventId: 2 RequestId: 8000009d-0006-ea00-b63f-84710c7967bb RequestPath: /app/view SpanId: |e83784b8-409aeac69448f896. TraceId: e83784b8-409aeac69448f896 ParentId:

  Connection ID "16861477032255553692", Request ID "8000009d-0006-ea00-b63f-84710c7967bb": An unhandled exception was thrown by the application.

  Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot find reference assembly 'System.Reflection.Primitives.dll' file for package System.Reflection.Primitives.Reference at Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Resolution.ReferenceAssemblyPathResolver.TryResolveAssemblyPaths(CompilationLibrary library, List1 assemblies) at Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Resolution.CompositeCompilationAssemblyResolver.TryResolveAssemblyPaths(CompilationLibrary library, List1 assemblies) at Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.CompilationLibrary.ResolveReferencePaths(ICompilationAssemblyResolver resolver, List1 assemblies) at Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.CompilationLibrary.ResolveReferencePaths() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationParts.AssemblyPartExtensions.<>c.<GetReferencePaths>b__0_0(CompilationLibrary library) at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator2.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Generic.List1.InsertRange(Int32 index, IEnumerable1 collection) at System.Collections.Generic.List1.AddRange(IEnumerable1 collection) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.RazorReferenceManager.GetReferencePaths() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.RazorReferenceManager.GetCompilationReferences() at System.Threading.LazyInitializer.EnsureInitializedCore[T](T& target, Boolean& initialized, Object& syncLock, Func1 valueFactory) at System.Threading.LazyInitializer.EnsureInitialized[T](T& target, Boolean& initialized, Object& syncLock, Func1 valueFactory) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.RazorReferenceManager.get_CompilationReferences() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.LazyMetadataReferenceFeature.get_References() at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.CompilationTagHelperFeature.GetDescriptors() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.DefaultRazorTagHelperBinderPhase.ExecuteCore(RazorCodeDocument codeDocument) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.RazorEnginePhaseBase.Execute(RazorCodeDocument codeDocument) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.DefaultRazorEngine.Process(RazorCodeDocument document) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.DefaultRazorProjectEngine.ProcessCore(RazorCodeDocument codeDocument) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.RazorProjectEngine.Process(RazorProjectItem projectItem) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.RuntimeViewCompiler.CompileAndEmit(String relativePath) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation.RuntimeViewCompiler.OnCacheMiss(String normalizedPath) --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Compilation.DefaultRazorPageFactoryProvider.CreateFactory(String relativePath) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine.CreateCacheResult(HashSet1 expirationTokens, String relativePath, Boolean isMainPage) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine.OnCacheMiss(ViewLocationExpanderContext expanderContext, ViewLocationCacheKey cacheKey) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine.LocatePageFromViewLocations(ActionContext actionContext, String pageName, Boolean isMainPage) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine.FindView(ActionContext context, String viewName, Boolean isMainPage) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines.CompositeViewEngine.FindView(ActionContext context, String viewName, Boolean isMainPage) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.ViewResultExecutor.FindView(ActionContext actionContext, ViewResult viewResult) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.ViewResultExecutor.ExecuteAsync(ActionContext context, ViewResult result) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewResult.ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResultFilterAsync>g__Awaited|29_0[TFilter,TFilterAsync](ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResultExecutedContextSealed context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.ResultNext[TFilter,TFilterAsync](State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.InvokeResultFilters() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.InvokeFilterPipelineAsync() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.RouterMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext) at StackifyMiddleware.RequestTracerMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Extensions.MapMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Extensions.MapMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.SessionMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session.SessionMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Extensions.UsePathBaseMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at My.Web.Middlewares.ApplicationAuthorizeRequest.InvokeAsync(HttpContext httpContext) at My.Web.Middlewares.Application_PreSendRequestHeaders.InvokeAsync(HttpContext httpContext) at My.Web.Middlewares.Application_BeginRequest.InvokeAsync(HttpContext httpContext) at i18n.Core.Middleware.I18NMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) at i18n.Core.Middleware.I18NMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) at My.Web.Localization.RequestLocalizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at My.Web.Base.Middlewares.LocalizationMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) at My.Web.Startup.<>c.<<Configure>b__9_0>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at My.Web.Base.Middlewares.HttpExceptionMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.StatusCodePagesMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.<Invoke>g__Awaited|6_0(ExceptionHandlerMiddleware middleware, HttpContext context, Task task) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.HandleException(HttpContext context, ExceptionDispatchInfo edi) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.<Invoke>g__Awaited|6_0(ExceptionHandlerMiddleware middleware, HttpContext context, Task task) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Extensions.UsePathBaseMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.Core.IISHttpContextOfT1.ProcessRequestAsync()