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STATUS_SXS_RELEASE_ACTIVATION_CONTEXT
An activation-context reference is being released
Activation contexts hold the side-by-side binding data used for DLL redirection, COM registration, window classes, and other manifest-driven settings. They are reference-counted objects, so releasing the final or an intermediate reference is part of normal cleanup.
Because this value has informational severity, its presence alone is not evidence that a manifest is missing or corrupt. Investigate only when it is paired with an actual activation-context error, reference imbalance, premature unload, or a crash in the component managing the context.
What to inspect
- Correlate the message with create, activate, deactivate, and release operations for the same context.
- Check whether cleanup happens during normal process or driver teardown.
- Look for double-release or use-after-release only when later failures reference the same context.
- Do not repair the component store solely because this informational status was logged.
References
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS values
- Microsoft: activation contexts
- Microsoft: activation context reference
- Wine source: activation-context implementation
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