How to fix the Oracle error ORA-41251: Failed to restore session state from a file (error code number)?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-41251: Failed to restore session state from a file (error code number) with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-41251: Failed to restore session state from a file (error code number)

Reason for the Error ORA-41251: Failed to restore session state from a file (error code number)

Session state file may be corrupted.

How to fix the Error ORA-41251: Failed to restore session state from a file (error code number) ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Ensure that the file is a session state file.