diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/Inc/applicationinfo.h b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/Inc/applicationinfo.h
index b21764d691..3d9073d013 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/Inc/applicationinfo.h
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/Inc/applicationinfo.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public:
         m_pServer(NULL),
         m_cRefs(1),
         m_fAppOfflineFound(FALSE),
-        m_fAllowStart(FALSE),
+        m_fValid(FALSE),
+        m_fDoneAppCreation(FALSE),
         m_pAppOfflineHtm(NULL),
         m_pFileWatcherEntry(NULL),
         m_pConfiguration(NULL),
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    APP_OFFLINE_HTM* QueryAppOfflineHtm()
+    APP_OFFLINE_HTM*
+    QueryAppOfflineHtm()
     {
         return m_pAppOfflineHtm;
     }
@@ -87,16 +89,16 @@ public:
         return m_fAppOfflineFound;
     }
 
-    BOOL QueryAllowStart()
+    BOOL
+    IsValid()
     {
-        return m_fAllowStart;
+        return m_fValid;
     }
 
     VOID
-    UpdateAllowStartStatus(BOOL fAllowed)
+    MarkValid()
     {
-        // no lock, as no expectation for concurrent accesses
-        m_fAllowStart = fAllowed;
+        m_fValid = TRUE;
     }
 
     VOID
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ private:
     mutable LONG            m_cRefs;
     STRU                    m_struInfoKey;
     BOOL                    m_fAppOfflineFound;
-    BOOL                    m_fAllowStart; // Flag indicates whether there is (configuration) error blocking application from starting
+    BOOL                    m_fValid;
+    BOOL                    m_fDoneAppCreation;
     APP_OFFLINE_HTM        *m_pAppOfflineHtm;
     FILE_WATCHER_ENTRY     *m_pFileWatcherEntry;
     ASPNETCORE_SHIM_CONFIG *m_pConfiguration;
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationinfo.cpp b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationinfo.cpp
index fbade6cf76..eca9c56448 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationinfo.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::EnsureApplicationCreated(
     IHttpContext *pHttpContext
 )
 {
+    HRESULT             hr = S_OK;
     IAPPLICATION       *pApplication = NULL;
     STRU                struExeLocation;
     STRU                struHostFxrDllLocation;
@@ -182,12 +183,25 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::EnsureApplicationCreated(
         return S_OK;
     }
 
-    if (m_pApplication == NULL)
+    // one optimization for failure scenario is to reduce the lock scope
+    SRWExclusiveLock lock(m_srwLock);
+
+    if (m_fDoneAppCreation)
+    {
+        // application is NULL and CreateApplication failed previously
+        FINISHED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
+    }
+    else
     {
-        SRWExclusiveLock lock(m_srwLock);
         if (m_pApplication != NULL)
         {
-            return S_OK;
+            // another thread created the applicaiton
+            FINISHED(S_OK);
+        }
+        else if (m_fDoneAppCreation)
+        {
+            // previous CreateApplication failed
+            FINISHED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
         }
 
         //
@@ -195,26 +209,40 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::EnsureApplicationCreated(
         //
         if (!m_fAppOfflineFound)
         {
-
             // Move the request handler check inside of the lock
             // such that only one request finds and loads it.
             // FindRequestHandlerAssembly obtains a global lock, but after releasing the lock,
             // there is a period where we could call
 
-            RETURN_IF_FAILED(FindRequestHandlerAssembly(struExeLocation));
+            m_fDoneAppCreation = TRUE;
+            FINISHED_IF_FAILED(FindRequestHandlerAssembly(struExeLocation));
 
             if (m_pfnAspNetCoreCreateApplication == NULL)
             {
-                RETURN_IF_FAILED(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION));
+                FINISHED(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION));
             }
 
-            RETURN_IF_FAILED(m_pfnAspNetCoreCreateApplication(m_pServer, pHttpContext->GetApplication(), &pApplication));
+            FINISHED_IF_FAILED(m_pfnAspNetCoreCreateApplication(m_pServer, pHttpContext->GetApplication(), &pApplication));
             pApplication->SetParameter(L"InProcessExeLocation", struExeLocation.QueryStr());
+
             m_pApplication = pApplication;
         }
     }
 
-    return S_OK;
+Finished:
+
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+    {
+        // Log the failure and update application info to not try again
+        UTILITY::LogEventF(g_hEventLog,
+            EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
+            ASPNETCORE_EVENT_ADD_APPLICATION_ERROR,
+            ASPNETCORE_EVENT_ADD_APPLICATION_ERROR_MSG,
+            pHttpContext->GetApplication()->GetApplicationId(),
+            hr);
+    }
+
+    return hr;
 }
 
 HRESULT
@@ -226,7 +254,7 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::FindRequestHandlerAssembly(STRU& location)
 
     if (g_fAspnetcoreRHLoadedError)
     {
-        FINISHED_IF_FAILED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
+        FINISHED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
     }
     else if (!g_fAspnetcoreRHAssemblyLoaded)
     {
@@ -234,7 +262,7 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::FindRequestHandlerAssembly(STRU& location)
 
         if (g_fAspnetcoreRHLoadedError)
         {
-            FINISHED_IF_FAILED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
+            FINISHED(E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE);
         }
         if (g_fAspnetcoreRHAssemblyLoaded)
         {
@@ -438,7 +466,7 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::FindNativeAssemblyFromHostfxr(
         }
     }
 
-    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(hr = struNativeSearchPaths.SyncWithBuffer());
+    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(struNativeSearchPaths.SyncWithBuffer());
 
     fFound = FALSE;
 
@@ -526,7 +554,6 @@ APPLICATION_INFO::RecycleApplication()
                 // In process application failed to start for whatever reason, need to recycle the work process
                 m_pServer->RecycleProcess(L"AspNetCore InProcess Recycle Process on Demand");
             }
-
         }
 
         if (hThread == NULL)
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationmanager.cxx b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationmanager.cxx
index 01d3e0ecfc..e492b53f04 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationmanager.cxx
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/applicationmanager.cxx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "resources.h"
 #include "SRWExclusiveLock.h"
+#include "exceptions.h"
 
 // The application manager is a singleton across ANCM.
 APPLICATION_MANAGER* APPLICATION_MANAGER::sm_pApplicationManager = NULL;
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::GetOrCreateApplicationInfo(
         SRWSharedLock lock(m_srwLock);
         if (g_fInShutdown)
         {
-            hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS);
-            goto Finished;
+            FINISHED(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS));
         }
         m_pApplicationInfoHash->FindKey(pszApplicationId, ppApplicationInfo);
     }
@@ -56,52 +56,36 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::GetOrCreateApplicationInfo(
     if (*ppApplicationInfo == NULL)
     {
         pApplicationInfo = new APPLICATION_INFO();
-        if (pApplicationInfo == NULL)
-        {
-            hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-            goto Finished;
-        }
 
-        hr = pApplicationInfo->Initialize(pServer, pHttpContext->GetApplication(), m_pFileWatcher);
-        if (FAILED(hr))
-        {
-            goto Finished;
-        }
+        FINISHED_IF_FAILED(pApplicationInfo->Initialize(pServer, pHttpContext->GetApplication(), m_pFileWatcher));
 
         SRWExclusiveLock lock(m_srwLock);
 
         if (g_fInShutdown)
         {
             // Already in shuting down. No need to create the application
-            hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS);
-            goto Finished;
+            FINISHED(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_IN_PROGRESS));
         }
         m_pApplicationInfoHash->FindKey(pszApplicationId, ppApplicationInfo);
 
         if (*ppApplicationInfo != NULL)
         {
             // someone else created the application
-            goto Finished;
-        }
-
-        hr = m_pApplicationInfoHash->InsertRecord(pApplicationInfo);
-        if (FAILED(hr))
-        {
-            goto Finished;
+            FINISHED(S_OK);
         }
 
         hostingModel = pApplicationInfo->QueryConfig()->QueryHostingModel();
 
-        if (m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count() == 1)
+        if (m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count() == 0)
         {
             m_hostingModel = hostingModel;
-            pApplicationInfo->UpdateAllowStartStatus(TRUE);
+            pApplicationInfo->MarkValid();
         }
         else
         {
             if (hostingModel == HOSTING_OUT_PROCESS &&  hostingModel == m_hostingModel)
             {
-                pApplicationInfo->UpdateAllowStartStatus(TRUE);
+                pApplicationInfo->MarkValid();
             }
             else
             {
@@ -116,6 +100,9 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::GetOrCreateApplicationInfo(
             }
         }
 
+        FINISHED_IF_FAILED(m_pApplicationInfoHash->InsertRecord(pApplicationInfo));
+
+
         *ppApplicationInfo = pApplicationInfo;
         pApplicationInfo->StartMonitoringAppOffline();
 
@@ -212,8 +199,7 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::RecycleApplicationFromManager(
     DWORD                   dwPreviousCounter = 0;
     APPLICATION_INFO_HASH*  table = NULL;
     CONFIG_CHANGE_CONTEXT   context;
-    BOOL                    fKeepTable = FALSE;
-
+ 
     if (g_fInShutdown)
     {
         // We are already shutting down, ignore this event as a global configuration change event
@@ -251,25 +237,9 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::RecycleApplicationFromManager(
         // Removed the applications which are impacted by the configurtion change
         m_pApplicationInfoHash->DeleteIf(FindConfigChangedApplication, (PVOID)&context);
 
-        if (dwPreviousCounter != m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count())
-        {
-            if (m_hostingModel == HOSTING_IN_PROCESS)
-            {
-                // When we are inprocess, we need to keep the application the
-                // application manager that is being deleted. This is because we will always need to recycle the worker
-                // process and any requests that hit this worker process must be rejected (while out of process can
-                // start a new dotnet process). We will immediately call Recycle after this call.
-                DBG_ASSERT(m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count() == 0);
-                delete m_pApplicationInfoHash;
-
-                // We don't want to delete the table as m_pApplicationInfoHash = table
-                fKeepTable = TRUE;
-                m_pApplicationInfoHash = table;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count() == 0)
+        if (m_pApplicationInfoHash->Count() == 0 && m_hostingModel == HOSTING_OUT_PROCESS)
         {
+            // reuse current process
             m_hostingModel = HOSTING_UNKNOWN;
         }
     }
@@ -310,7 +280,7 @@ APPLICATION_MANAGER::RecycleApplicationFromManager(
     }
 
 Finished:
-    if (table != NULL && !fKeepTable)
+    if (table != NULL)
     {
         table->Clear();
         delete table;
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/dllmain.cpp b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/dllmain.cpp
index 3f1ea78354..6b8fa8cea7 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/dllmain.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ HRESULT
 
     UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(dwServerVersion);
 
-    //LoadGlobalConfiguration();
-
     InitializeSRWLock(&g_srwLock);
 
     g_pModuleId = pModuleInfo->GetId();
@@ -169,43 +167,28 @@ HRESULT
     //
     pFactory = new ASPNET_CORE_PROXY_MODULE_FACTORY;
 
-    hr = pModuleInfo->SetRequestNotifications(
+    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(pModuleInfo->SetRequestNotifications(
                                   pFactory,
                                   RQ_EXECUTE_REQUEST_HANDLER,
-                                  0);
-    if (FAILED(hr))
-    {
-        goto Finished;
-    }
+                                  0));
 
     pFactory = NULL;
     pApplicationManager = APPLICATION_MANAGER::GetInstance();
 
-    hr = pApplicationManager->Initialize();
-    if(FAILED(hr))
-     {
-        goto Finished;
-    }
+    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(pApplicationManager->Initialize());
+
     pGlobalModule = NULL;
 
     pGlobalModule = new ASPNET_CORE_GLOBAL_MODULE(pApplicationManager);
 
-    hr = pModuleInfo->SetGlobalNotifications(
-                              pGlobalModule,
-                              GL_CONFIGURATION_CHANGE | // Configuration change trigers IIS application stop
-                              GL_STOP_LISTENING);   // worker process stop or recycle
+    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(pModuleInfo->SetGlobalNotifications(
+                                     pGlobalModule,
+                                     GL_CONFIGURATION_CHANGE | // Configuration change trigers IIS application stop
+                                     GL_STOP_LISTENING));   // worker process stop or recycle
 
-    if (FAILED(hr))
-    {
-        goto Finished;
-    }
     pGlobalModule = NULL;
 
-    hr = ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER::StaticInitialize();
-    if (FAILED(hr))
-    {
-        goto Finished;
-    }
+    FINISHED_IF_FAILED(ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER::StaticInitialize());
 
 Finished:
     if (pGlobalModule != NULL)
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/proxymodule.cxx b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/proxymodule.cxx
index e71a5daf54..6987863616 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/proxymodule.cxx
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/AspNetCore/src/proxymodule.cxx
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ ASPNET_CORE_PROXY_MODULE::OnExecuteRequestHandler(
 
         hr = pApplicationManager->GetOrCreateApplicationInfo(
             g_pHttpServer,
-        pHttpContext,
+            pHttpContext,
             &m_pApplicationInfo);
         if (FAILED(hr))
         {
             goto Finished;
         }
 
-    if (!m_pApplicationInfo->QueryAllowStart())
-    {
-        // Application cannot be started due to wrong hosting mode
-        // the error should already been logged to window event log for the first request
-        hr = E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE;
+        if (!m_pApplicationInfo->IsValid())
+        {
+            // Application cannot be started due to wrong hosting mode
+            // the error should already been logged to window event log for the first request
+            hr = E_APPLICATION_ACTIVATION_EXEC_FAILURE;
             goto Finished;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/CommonLib/resources.h b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/CommonLib/resources.h
index 2d4ccee855..a67f753311 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/CommonLib/resources.h
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/CommonLib/resources.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_DUPLICATED_INPROCESS_APP_MSG        L"Only one inprocess application is allowed per IIS application pool. Please assign the application '%s' to a different IIS application pool."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_MIXED_HOSTING_MODEL_ERROR_MSG       L"Mixed hosting model is not supported. Application '%s' configured with different hostingModel value '%d' other than the one of running application(s)."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_ADD_APPLICATION_ERROR_MSG           L"Failed to start application '%s', ErrorCode '0x%x'."
-#define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT_STDERR_MSG    L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' hit unexpected managed background thread exit, ErrorCode = '0x%x. First 4KB characters of captured stderr logs on startup:\r\n%s"
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT_STDOUT_MSG    L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' hit unexpected managed background thread exit, ErrorCode = '0x%x. Last 4KB characters of captured stdout and stderr logs:\r\n%s"
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT_MSG           L"Application '%s' with physical root '%s' hit unexpected managed background thread exit, ErrorCode = '0x%x. Please check the stderr logs for more information."
 #define ASPNETCORE_EVENT_APP_IN_SHUTDOWN_MSG                 L"Application shutting down."
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
index 42d1f2e45f..01a0968b0e 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
@@ -25,43 +25,36 @@ HINSTANCE           g_hWinHttpModule;
 HINSTANCE           g_hAspNetCoreModule;
 HANDLE              g_hEventLog = NULL;
 
-VOID
+HRESULT
 InitializeGlobalConfiguration(
     IHttpServer * pServer
 )
 {
-    BOOL fLocked = FALSE;
-
     if (!g_fGlobalInitialize)
     {
-        AcquireSRWLockExclusive(&g_srwLockRH);
-        fLocked = TRUE;
+        SRWExclusiveLock lock(g_srwLockRH);
 
-        if (g_fGlobalInitialize)
+        if (!g_fGlobalInitialize)
         {
-            // Done by another thread
-            goto Finished;
-        }
+            g_pHttpServer = pServer;
+            RETURN_IF_FAILED(ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER::StaticInitialize());
+            RETURN_IF_FAILED(IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::StaticInitialize());
 
-        g_pHttpServer = pServer;
-        if (pServer->IsCommandLineLaunch())
-        {
-            g_hEventLog = RegisterEventSource(NULL, ASPNETCORE_IISEXPRESS_EVENT_PROVIDER);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            g_hEventLog = RegisterEventSource(NULL, ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROVIDER);
-        }
+            if (pServer->IsCommandLineLaunch())
+            {
+                g_hEventLog = RegisterEventSource(NULL, ASPNETCORE_IISEXPRESS_EVENT_PROVIDER);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                g_hEventLog = RegisterEventSource(NULL, ASPNETCORE_EVENT_PROVIDER);
+            }
 
-        DebugInitialize();
-
-        g_fGlobalInitialize = TRUE;
-    }
-Finished:
-    if (fLocked)
-    {
-        ReleaseSRWLockExclusive(&g_srwLockRH);
+            DebugInitialize();
+            g_fGlobalInitialize = TRUE;
+        }
     }
+
+    return S_OK;
 }
 
 BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule,
@@ -93,11 +86,12 @@ CreateApplication(
     _Out_ IAPPLICATION      **ppApplication
 )
 {
-    InitializeGlobalConfiguration(pServer);
+    REQUESTHANDLER_CONFIG  *pConfig = NULL;
 
     try
     {
-        REQUESTHANDLER_CONFIG  *pConfig = NULL;
+        // Initialze some global variables here
+        RETURN_IF_FAILED(InitializeGlobalConfiguration(pServer));
         RETURN_IF_FAILED(REQUESTHANDLER_CONFIG::CreateRequestHandlerConfig(pServer, pHttpApplication, &pConfig));
 
         auto config = std::unique_ptr<REQUESTHANDLER_CONFIG>(pConfig);
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.cpp b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.cpp
index caf55a20f1..289f587173 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.cpp
@@ -601,17 +601,20 @@ IN_PROCESS_APPLICATION::LogErrorsOnMainExit(
     // This will be a common place for errors as it means the hostfxr_main returned
     // or there was an exception.
     //
-    STRA struStdErrOutput;
-    if (m_pLoggerProvider->GetStdOutContent(&struStdErrOutput))
+    STRA straStdErrOutput;
+    STRU struStdMsg;
+    if (m_pLoggerProvider->GetStdOutContent(&straStdErrOutput))
     {
-        UTILITY::LogEventF(g_hEventLog,
-            EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
-            ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT,
-            ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT_STDOUT_MSG,
-            m_pConfig->QueryApplicationPath()->QueryStr(),
-            m_pConfig->QueryApplicationPhysicalPath()->QueryStr(),
-            hr,
-            struStdErrOutput.QueryStr());
+        if (SUCCEEDED(struStdMsg.CopyA(straStdErrOutput.QueryStr()))) {
+            UTILITY::LogEventF(g_hEventLog,
+                EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
+                ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT,
+                ASPNETCORE_EVENT_INPROCESS_THREAD_EXIT_STDOUT_MSG,
+                m_pConfig->QueryApplicationPath()->QueryStr(),
+                m_pConfig->QueryApplicationPhysicalPath()->QueryStr(),
+                hr,
+                struStdMsg.QueryStr());
+        }
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.h b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.h
index c80ca92d0c..c0932d87a0 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.h
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocessapplication.h
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ private:
     BOOL                            m_fInitialized;
 
 
-    // Thread for capturing startup stderr logs when logging is disabled
-    HANDLE                          m_hErrThread;
-    CHAR                            m_pzFileContents[4096] = { 0 };
-    DWORD                           m_dwStdErrReadTotal;
     static IN_PROCESS_APPLICATION*  s_Application;
 
     IOutputManager*                 m_pLoggerProvider;
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.cpp b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.cpp
index 5c7d9571da..98ec620367 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.cpp
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "inprocessapplication.h"
 #include "aspnetcore_event.h"
 
+ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER * IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::sm_pAlloc = NULL;
+
 IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::IN_PROCESS_HANDLER(
     _In_ IHttpContext   *pW3Context,
     _In_ IN_PROCESS_APPLICATION    *pApplication
@@ -113,3 +115,63 @@ IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::SetManagedHttpContext(
 {
     m_pManagedHttpContext = pManagedHttpContext;
 }
+
+// static
+void * IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::operator new(size_t)
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT(sm_pAlloc != NULL);
+    if (sm_pAlloc == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return sm_pAlloc->Alloc();
+}
+
+// static
+void IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::operator delete(void * pMemory)
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT(sm_pAlloc != NULL);
+    if (sm_pAlloc != NULL)
+    {
+        sm_pAlloc->Free(pMemory);
+    }
+}
+
+// static
+HRESULT
+IN_PROCESS_HANDLER::StaticInitialize(VOID)
+/*++
+
+Routine Description:
+
+Global initialization routine for IN_PROCESS_HANDLER
+
+Return Value:
+
+HRESULT
+
+--*/
+{
+    HRESULT                         hr = S_OK;
+
+    sm_pAlloc = new ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER;
+    if (sm_pAlloc == NULL)
+    {
+        hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+        goto Finished;
+    }
+
+    hr = sm_pAlloc->Initialize(sizeof(IN_PROCESS_HANDLER),
+        64); // nThreshold
+
+Finished:
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+    {
+        if (sm_pAlloc != NULL)
+        {
+            delete sm_pAlloc;
+            sm_pAlloc = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    return hr;
+}
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.h b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.h
index 256b355ce5..24a29b737f 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.h
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/inprocesshandler.h
@@ -69,11 +69,20 @@ public:
         REQUEST_NOTIFICATION_STATUS requestNotificationStatus
     );
 
+    static void * operator new(size_t size);
+
+    static void operator delete(void * pMemory);
+
+    static
+    HRESULT
+    StaticInitialize(VOID);
+
+
 private:
     PVOID m_pManagedHttpContext;
     BOOL m_fManagedRequestComplete;
     REQUEST_NOTIFICATION_STATUS m_requestNotificationStatus;
-
     IHttpContext*               m_pW3Context;
     IN_PROCESS_APPLICATION*     m_pApplication;
+    static ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER *   sm_pAlloc;
 };
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/precomp.hxx b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/precomp.hxx
index 6c4cd3bdad..77492b07d5 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/precomp.hxx
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/InProcessRequestHandler/precomp.hxx
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #undef WINVER
 #undef _WIN32_WINNT
 
+#include <acache.h>
+#include <exceptions.h>
+#include <SRWExclusiveLock.h>
+
 #define NTDDI_VERSION 0x06010000
 #define WINVER 0x0601
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
index 611e8d7e3f..16a3f6357f 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/dllmain.cxx
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ EnsureOutOfProcessInitializtion()
             goto Finished;
         }
 
+        hr = ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER::StaticInitialize();
+        if (FAILED(hr))
+        {
+            goto Finished;
+        }
+
         hr = FORWARDING_HANDLER::StaticInitialize(g_fEnableReferenceCountTracing);
         if (FAILED(hr))
         {
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.cpp b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.cpp
index 149b06edef..bfe689fe58 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.cpp
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.cpp
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ HRESULT
     }
 
     hr = sm_pAlloc->Initialize(sizeof(FORWARDING_HANDLER),
-        64); // nThreshold
+                               64); // nThreshold
     if (FAILED(hr))
     {
         goto Finished;
@@ -815,6 +815,27 @@ FORWARDING_HANDLER::StaticTerminate()
     }
 }
 
+// static
+void * FORWARDING_HANDLER::operator new(size_t)
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT(sm_pAlloc != NULL);
+    if (sm_pAlloc == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return sm_pAlloc->Alloc();
+}
+
+// static
+void FORWARDING_HANDLER::operator delete(void * pMemory)
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT(sm_pAlloc != NULL);
+    if (sm_pAlloc != NULL)
+    {
+        sm_pAlloc->Free(pMemory);
+    }
+}
+
 HRESULT
 FORWARDING_HANDLER::GetHeaders(
     _In_ const PROTOCOL_CONFIG *    pProtocol,
diff --git a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.h b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.h
index 725b8ea76c..02516c4f71 100644
--- a/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.h
+++ b/src/AspNetCoreModuleV2/OutOfProcessRequestHandler/outofprocess/forwardinghandler.h
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ public:
         bool    fClientInitiated
     );
 
+    static void * operator new(size_t size);
+
+    static void operator delete(void * pMemory);
+
 private:
 
     VOID