Symptoms
When you create a stored procedure that uses a synonym together with an index hint in Microsoft SQL Server 2016, you may receive error messages that resemble the following:
Msg 596, Level 21, State 1, LineNumber Cannot continue the execution because the session is in the kill state. Msg 0, Level 20, State 0, LineNumber A severe error occurred on the current command. The results, if any, should be discarded.
Resolution
This fix for this issue is included in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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