Does iis recycle cleans memory?
<p>I am having a web application deployed to IIS, my app uses static Dictionary which is filled in from an external api frequently.</p>

<p>Sometimes I observe that the Dictionary is being cleared once in a while &amp; I suspect it is because of IIS Automatic Recycle.</p>

<p>Can anyone please confirm that this could be a reason?
So basically my question would be will IIS Recycle cleans up the static memory that a webapp is using? (Although I understand that this will only happens when there are no active connections to the server)</p>