diff --git a/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb b/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
index 8c504467b..c1126aa4e 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/in_containerinventory.rb
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def enumerate
             container = ContainerInventoryState.readContainerState(deletedContainer)
             if !container.nil?
               container.each { |k, v| container[k] = v }
-              container["State"] = "Deleted"
-              @@containerCGroupCache.delete(container["InstanceID"])
+              container["State"] = "Deleted"   
+              KubernetesContainerInventory.deleteCGroupCacheEntryForDeletedContainer(container["InstanceID"])
               containerInventory.push container
              end
            end
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/kubernetes_container_inventory.rb b/source/code/plugin/kubernetes_container_inventory.rb
index 6fd63a735..a95ca59a2 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/kubernetes_container_inventory.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/kubernetes_container_inventory.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class KubernetesContainerInventory
   require "yajl/json_gem"
   require "time"
   require_relative "omslog"
+  require_relative "ApplicationInsightsUtility"
+  
   # cache the container and cgroup parent process
   @@containerCGroupCache = Hash.new
 
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ def getContainerInventoryRecords(podItem, batchTime, clusterCollectEnvironmentVa
         end
       rescue => error
         @log.warn("KubernetesContainerInventory::getContainerInventoryRecords : Get Container Inventory Records failed: #{error}")
+        $log.debug_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(error)
       end
       return containerInventoryRecords
     end
@@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ def getContainersInfoMap(podItem, isWindows)
         end
       rescue => error
         @log.warn("KubernetesContainerInventory::getContainersInfoMap : Get Container Info Maps failed: #{error}")
+        $log.debug_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(error)
       end
       return containersInfoMap
     end
@@ -215,6 +221,8 @@ def obtainContainerEnvironmentVars(containerId)
         end
       rescue => error
         @log.warn("KubernetesContainerInventory::obtainContainerEnvironmentVars: obtain Container Environment vars failed: #{error} for containerId: #{containerId}")
+        $log.debug_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(error)
       end
       return envValueString
     end
@@ -292,8 +300,22 @@ def obtainWindowsContainerEnvironmentVars(pod, container)
         end
       rescue => error
         @log.warn("KubernetesContainerInventory::obtainWindowsContainerEnvironmentVars: parsing of EnvVars failed: #{error}")
+        $log.debug_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(error)
       end
       return envValueString
     end
+
+    def deleteCGroupCacheEntryForDeletedContainer(containerId)
+      begin
+        if !containerId.nil? && !containerId.empty? && !@@containerCGroupCache.nil? && @@containerCGroupCache.length > 0 && @@containerCGroupCache.key?(containerId)
+          @@containerCGroupCache.delete(containerId)
+        end      
+      rescue => error
+        @log.warn("KubernetesContainerInventory::deleteCGroupCacheEntryForDeletedContainer: deleting of cache entry failed: #{error}")
+        $log.debug_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        ApplicationInsightsUtility.sendExceptionTelemetry(error)
+      end 
+    end
   end
 end