Error message “Unable to access web scoped feature because it references a non-existent or broken web on site” when performing feature upgrade

I got the error message below when performing a feature upgrade on a web-scoped feature:

Unable to access web scoped feature (Id: 0257689c-9e69-4700-a169-004f648d0924) because it references a non-existent or broken web (Id: 90d6c515-a4a7-4f25-a46d-d0505e54d973) on site ‘http://myServer’. Exception: System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWebCollection.get_Item(Guid id)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFeatureEnumeratorBase.GetCachedWeb(SPSite site, Guid webId, Guid featureId)

The error occurred when I attempted to enumerate the results of SPSite.QueryFeature(). The second Guid appears to be the ID of a web, but there were no webs in my site collection with that ID (hence the error). I noticed there were some deleted sites in the Site Collection Recycle Bin. I emptied this Recycle Bin and was then able to upgrade the feature successfully.

The feature I’m trying to upgrade was activated at these deleted sites (before they were deleted).

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4 Responses to Error message “Unable to access web scoped feature because it references a non-existent or broken web on site” when performing feature upgrade

micliz says:

December 3, 2011 at 5:02 am

I love you! Thanks for posting this.

julian says:

January 17, 2012 at 11:50 pm

Hi, I have the same issue.
But I don’t have deleted webs in my site recycle bin…and I don’t know what else I can do about this.
Regards!

jp says:

September 13, 2012 at 12:48 am

Thanks, I didn’t think about it before seeing this.

Ahmed Amin says:

August 21, 2013 at 6:27 pm

Thanks this solved my issue