What does HRESULT 0x0026234C (ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET) mean?

 
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ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET

Graphics dataset enumeration reached its end

ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET is HRESULT 2499404 (0x0026234C) from winerror.h. AllStat describes it as “Specified data set (e.g; mode set, frequency range set, descriptor set, topology, etc.) does not contain any more elements.” In the Windows display topology or Desktop Window Manager operation, the value reports a nonfailure state that must not be collapsed into plain S_OK.

The high-level request that returned ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET is complete only after the caller validates the represented condition.

What must be true before accepting it

Verify that every element returned before the terminal status was processed and enumeration resources can be released. For ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, that proof prevents usable partial state from being confused with full completion.

For ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, also confirm that returned outputs belong to the current operation generation and were not inherited from an earlier attempt.

Where the status is encountered

  • ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET can appear during VidPN mode-set, topology, and path negotiation; capture the exact API, object, and phase because the same numeric success severity does not define the state by itself.
  • ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET can appear during display miniport and graphics-kernel dataset enumeration; capture the exact API, object, and phase because the same numeric success severity does not define the state by itself.
  • ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET can appear during DWM composition and GDI redirection-surface handling; capture the exact API, object, and phase because the same numeric success severity does not define the state by itself.

Keep ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET attached to the operation that returned it. Interpreting ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET outside that API contract can turn a normal continuation or partial result into an incorrect retry or false completion.

Diagnostic sequence

  • Capture raw 0x0026234C and ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET before exceptions, signed formatting, or a generic success wrapper removes the symbolic value.
  • Identify the interface, method, callback, service, driver, or broker that returned ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, including component version, process, thread, and correlation ID.
  • Prove the decisive condition for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET: every element returned before the terminal status was processed and enumeration resources can be released.
  • For ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, inspect every output, count, object handle, callback, queue entry, media item, report, transaction, topology element, or signaling response the call produced.
  • Compare state immediately before and after ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET and verify that ownership, lifetime, persistence, and user-visible effects match the status.
  • Reproduce ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET with the smallest input, then change only the suspected cause and confirm that the return value or postcondition changes as predicted.

Evidence and telemetry

  • Preserve dataset and generation for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.
  • Preserve enumeration cursor for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.
  • Preserve elements consumed for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.
  • Preserve expected count if known for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.
  • Preserve release result for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.

For ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, also record UTC time, process and thread IDs, component version, operation generation, and a correlation ID. Keep sensitive ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET content out of logs; use lengths, hashes, GUIDs, and policy-safe metadata where possible.

Correct handling and recovery

Finalize accumulated results and do not log this terminal status as a failure. Restart only with a new dataset generation.

Do not use an unchanged tight retry loop for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET; it can duplicate effects or conceal a terminal state.

Practical scenario

A mode enumerator consumes all timing ranges and receives this status. It validates the final count and closes the iterator.

A regression test should reproduce ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, assert all relevant outputs and state, then change only the decisive condition and verify ordinary completion or the expected neighboring result.

Difference from nearby results

DATASET_IS_EMPTY reports zero initial elements; this status is normal end-of-enumeration after zero or more reads.

Precise classification of ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET selects the correct wait, stop, retry, cleanup, or disclosure path.

Developer and administrator guidance

When ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET crosses COM, RPC, managed, scripting, driver, or service boundaries, preserve the unsigned 32-bit value. Unit tests for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET should assert the code-specific postcondition, not only success severity.

For ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET, the smallest targeted state change best verifies that the diagnosed condition was causal. Document who owns continuation, cancellation, cleanup, fallback, and user messaging for ERROR_GRAPHICS_NO_MORE_ELEMENTS_IN_DATASET.

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