dotnet config_error ai_generated true

InvalidOperationException: A circular dependency was detected

ID: dotnet/circular-dependency-injection

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
8 active — — —

Root Cause

DI container detected circular service dependency.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Refactor: extract shared logic into new service to break cycle
  2. 85% success Use IServiceProvider or factory pattern for deferred resolution

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Use Lazy<T> for all dependencies 75% fail

    Hides design problem, runtime failures

  2. Register everything as Singleton 78% fail

    Memory leaks and stale state