KB5004646 - FIX: Access violation on secondary replica when you drop index from view on primary replica in SQL Server 2017

Applies To
SQL Server 2017 on Windows

Symptoms

Assume that you have an indexed view on primary replica in Microsoft SQL Server 2017. You drop the index from the view and run query on the secondary replica. If the query plan accesses the deleted index, you receive an access violation.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Resolution

This problem is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

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