System.NullReferenceException in WebSessionTelemetryInitializer

[Dmitry-Matveev]

The following exception happens often in .NET Core SDK as per our telemetry.
Reported by .NET SDK 2.9.1 mapping to ASP.NET Core SDK 2.6.

AI (Internal): [Microsoft-ApplicationInsights-Core] [msg=Log Error];
[msg=Exception while initializing Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.TelemetryInitializers.WebSessionTelemetryInitializer, exception message - System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal.DefaultHttpRequest.get_Cookies()
at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.TelemetryInitializers.WebSessionTelemetryInitializer.UpdateRequestTelemetryFromPlatformContext(RequestTelemetry requestTelemetry, HttpContext platformContext)
at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.TelemetryInitializers.WebSessionTelemetryInitializer.OnInitializeTelemetry(HttpContext platformContext, RequestTelemetry requestTelemetry, ITelemetry telemetry)
at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.TelemetryInitializers.TelemetryInitializerBase.Initialize(ITelemetry telemetry)
at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TelemetryClient.Initialize(ITelemetry telemetry)]

[jorismathijssen]

Currently experiencing the exact same problem.

[cijothomas]

will address for next stable.

[cijothomas]

This was reported in 2017 version of sdk onwards. so this shoud be addressed sooner.