Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You run a parallel full-text-search query in an instance of SQL Server.

  • During the execution of the query, a worker thread is aborted at a specific time. For example, the query is canceled.

In this scenario, the query seems to hang.

Resolution

This problem is fixed in the following updates:

Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2017

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2

Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1

Cumulative Update 12 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2

About SQL Server builds

Each new build for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and security fixes that were in the previous build. We recommend that you install the latest build for your version of SQL Server:

The latest build for SQL Server 2017

The latest build for SQL Server 2016

The latest cumulative updates for SQL Server 2014

Status

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

References

Learn about the terminology Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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