Logger error on Azure: The process cannot access the file

Description

We get random intervals where the logging framework on our production environment on Azure will start throwing exceptions, The only way to resolve this issue is by rebooting our web app:

An error occurred while writing to logger(s). (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

System.AggregateException:
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger.ThrowLoggingError (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger.Log (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger`1.Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger.Log (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LoggerMessage+<>c__DisplayClass6_0`2.<Define>g__Log|0 (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LoggerMessage+<>c__DisplayClass6_0`2.<Define>b__1 (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.DefaultHealthCheckService+Log.HealthCheckError (Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.DefaultHealthCheckService+<RunCheckAsync>d__5.MoveNext (Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.DefaultHealthCheckService+<CheckHealthAsync>d__4.MoveNext (Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.HealthCheckMiddleware+<InvokeAsync>d__4.MoveNext (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.Extensions.MapWhenMiddleware+<Invoke>d__3.MoveNext (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.StatusCodePagesMiddleware+<Invoke>d__3.MoveNext (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.ExceptionHandlerMiddleware+<<Invoke>g__Awaited|6_0>d.MoveNext (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
Inner exception System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception handled at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger.ThrowLoggingError:
   at System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.InternalWriteEvent (System.Diagnostics.EventLog, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51)
   at System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.WriteEvent (System.Diagnostics.EventLog, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog.WindowsEventLog.WriteEntry (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog.EventLogLogger.WriteMessage (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog.EventLogLogger.Log (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Logger.<Log>g__LoggerLog|12_0 (Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, Version=3.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60)

To Reproduce

It is not known to me how to reproduce this. It seems to happen randomly.

Further technical details

ASP.NET Core version 3.1 Azure App Service Windows Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore version 2.12.1

[razzemans]

@erick2red It does not disable Application Insights if you have that configured. This is code from our production environment, which gets rid of the issue:

public static IHostBuilder RemoveEventlogLogger(this IHostBuilder hostBuilder)
{
	hostBuilder.ConfigureLogging((context, logging) =>
	{
		// This removes the eventlog logger that causes the application to crash
		logging.ClearProviders();
		if (context.HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
		{
			logging.AddDebug();
			logging.AddConsole();
		}
		logging.AddEventSourceLogger();
	});

	return hostBuilder;
}

[analogrelay]

Triage: App Service redirects EventLog to a file, so we believe this is actually an issue in App Service rather than the runtime. @shirhatti is going to follow up with that team.