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docked window is going in not responsding state after sitting ideal for 2 hour

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25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Use the WPF stack trace, starting at WindowAutomationPeer.GetNameCore and ContextLayoutManager.fireAutomationEvents, and investigate how the docked window's handle changes after two hours idle. Reproduce the invalid-handle exception and document the root cause and a verified fix or workaround; no file or test is named in the report.

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Description

Hi ,

I am using this library and build a WPF application . After sitting ideal for more than 2 hours docked window is going in not responding state . I have pasted the exception below .

08:50:51:9256336 :: ERROR: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Invalid window handle
at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.GetWindowText(HandleRef hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, Int32 nMaxCount)
at System.Windows.Automation.Peers.WindowAutomationPeer.GetNameCore()
at System.Windows.Automation.Peers.AutomationPeer.UpdateSubtree()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.fireAutomationEvents()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayout()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayoutCallback(Object arg)
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.FireInvokeOnRenderCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandlerCore(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandler(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.GetWindowText(HandleRef hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, Int32 nMaxCount)
at System.Windows.Automation.Peers.WindowAutomationPeer.GetNameCore()
at System.Windows.Automation.Peers.AutomationPeer.UpdateSubtree()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.fireAutomationEvents()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayout()
at System.Windows.ContextLayoutManager.UpdateLayoutCallback(Object arg)
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.FireInvokeOnRenderCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandlerCore(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.RenderMessageHandler(Object resizedCompositionTarget)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

What will be the root cause here . Please suggest .

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