The status text of response is 'System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException'

Question

I got this error: Error with request to the server: Unexpected response from server. The status code of response is '500'. The status text of response is 'System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException'., StackTrace:

When uploading a new file to document library in SharePoint 2016

P.S: the file size is small about 1 KB.

Answer 1

I have experienced this issue before!

Error with the request to the server: Unexpected response from a server. The status code of the response is '500'. The status text of the response is 'System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException'.

The root cause of this problem was high consumption for Server Memory usage.

• Try to free up its memory usage by checking the Task Manager Resource Monitor and closing unused programs like browsers ...etc.
• Scale-up the Server Memory if needed.
• Check other causes at The server was unable to save the form at this time. Please try again