Application recycling is a great feature that lets you configure an application so that ASP.NET automatically shuts it down and restarts it after a given period or a given number of client requests, or when it consumes more memory than the specified threshold. This feature is a lifesaver if the application progressively degrades its performance because of memory leaks – something that might happen if the application uses unmanaged resources. You control application recycling through one or more settings in the
