Hi,

Few days ago we updated EPiServer together with EPiServer Commerce. We also have EPiServer Commerce Manager nuget installed in EPiServer CMS.

From time to time when cms application starts the exeption is thrown. When I refresh the page everything is working - so it's looks like an initialization exception.

We are using CMS and Commerce since EPiServer 6R2, so it could be some obsolete web.config setting that should be changed or removed. Do you have any idea what could it be?

Meta field already exists.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.Data.Meta.Management.MetaFieldAlreadyExistsException: Meta field already exists.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

Below is exception and stack trace:

[MetaFieldAlreadyExistsException: Meta field already exists.]
Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.Data.Meta.Management.MetaClass.CreateMetaField(String Name, String FriendlyName, String TypeName, Boolean IsNullable, String DefaultValue, AttributeCollection Attributes) +1077
Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.Data.Meta.Management.MetaFieldBuilder.CreateText(String name, String friendlyName, Boolean isNullable, Int32 maxLength, Boolean isUnique) +352
Mediachase.Commerce.Customers.Plugins.AutoInstallMetaDataModule.InstallUserId(String connectionString) +227
Mediachase.Commerce.Customers.Plugins.AutoInstallMetaDataModule.Execute(BusinessContext context) +261
Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.Data.Business.BusinessManager.ExecutePlugins(EventPipeLineStage eventPipeLineStage) +113
Mediachase.BusinessFoundation.Data.Business.BusinessManager.Execute(Request request) +271
Mediachase.Commerce.Customers.CustomerContext.InnerGetContactByUserId(String userId) +317
EPiServer.Framework.Cache.HttpRuntimeCache.ReadThrough(String key, Func`1 readValue, Func`1 evictionPolicy) +83
Mediachase.Commerce.Extensions.ObjectInstanceCacheExtensions.ReadThrough(IObjectInstanceCache cache, Boolean useCache, String cacheKey, IEnumerable`1 masterKeys, TimeSpan duration, Func`1 load) +229
Mediachase.Commerce.Extensions.ObjectInstanceCacheExtensions.ReadThrough(IObjectInstanceCache cache, String cacheKey, IEnumerable`1 masterKeys, TimeSpan duration, Func`1 load) +109
Mediachase.Commerce.Customers.CustomersCache.ReadThrough(String key, IEnumerable`1 masterKeys, TimeSpan timeout, Func`1 load) +336
Mediachase.Commerce.Customers.CustomerContext.ExecuteThroughCache(String key, TimeSpan timeout, Func`1 load) +78
Mediachase.Commerce.Security.PrincipalExtensions.GetCustomerContact(IPrincipal principal) +247
Mediachase.Commerce.Security.PrincipalExtensions.GetContactId(IPrincipal principal) +197
Mediachase.Commerce.Core.Modules.BusinessFoundationInitializeModule.context_AuthorizeRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) +31
System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +165