Symptoms
Assume that you have SQL Server 2016 and 2017 Transactional Replication environment. When the Distribution Agent tries to increment command counter for displaying article-wise statistics, an access violation may occur and the replication Distribution Agent crashes. Additionally, a mini dump file is generated.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 12 for SQL Server 2017
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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