Exception Filters returning an empty body in asp.net-core 1.1

The following Exception Filter redirects exceptions to my specific error page:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method | AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class FrontofficeControllerExceptionFilterAttribute : ExceptionFilterAttribute
{
    protected readonly ILogger<FrontofficeController> _logger;
    protected readonly IHostingEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
    protected readonly IModelMetadataProvider _modelMetadataProvider;

    public FrontofficeControllerExceptionFilterAttribute(ILogger<FrontofficeController> logger, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, IModelMetadataProvider modelMetadataProvider)
    {
        _logger = logger;
        _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
        _modelMetadataProvider = modelMetadataProvider;
    }

    public override void OnException(ExceptionContext context)
    {
        if (context.ExceptionHandled) return;

        Exception ex = context.Exception;
        var result = new ViewResult { ViewName = "ApplicationError" };

        context.ExceptionHandled = true; // mark exception as handled
        context.Result = result;
    }
}

After migrating my web app to asp.net core 1.1 the result is a blank page: the body of the response is empty and Content-Length is zero. This is the response received on the client

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Kestrel
X-SourceFiles: =?UTF-8?B?QzpcUHJvamVjdHNcaW50ZXJhaC52aXN1YWxzdHVkaW8uY29tXEludmVudGFyaW9cTWFpblxTb3VyY2VcRnJvbnRvZmZpY2Vcc3JjXEZyb250b2ZmaWNl?=
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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:49:53 GMT
Content-Length: 0

have anyone experienced a similar problem and why? thankyou for any comment