What does HRESULT 0x80041813 (CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID) mean?

 
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CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID

The supplied content-index work ID is invalid

CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID is HRESULT 0x80041813 (-2147215341 signed; 2147751955 unsigned). Its severity bit is 1, facility is 4 (FACILITY_ITF for these values), and code field is 0x1813. For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, standard HRESULT severity rules classify the value as a failure. AllStat describes the value as “The workid is not valid.”

Interpretation in context

CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID belongs to resolving a document identifier for update, deletion, notification or property access. The decisive interpretation is that the work ID is unknown, stale, malformed or belongs to another catalog generation. For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, keep the symbolic constant and method stage together in logs; its hexadecimal value alone cannot identify the owning transition or input.

For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, the legacy content-index helper layer has explicit object, catalog and service states. In the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID investigation, a generic retry can hide lifecycle, ordering or policy defects. This context narrows the responsible component without replacing the code-specific checks below.

Conditions to test

  • CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID: The item was deleted and its ID recycled or retired.
  • CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID: A work ID from one catalog is sent to another.
  • CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID: Serialization truncates the identifier.
  • CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID: A client caches IDs across catalog rebuild.

The useful hypothesis for CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID must explain both resolving a document identifier for update, deletion, notification or property access and the documented condition. Compare the failing case with a control that preserves raw work ID and width and changes only catalog identity and generation; this prevents unrelated environment differences from dominating the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID test.

Incident record

  • For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, check raw work ID and width.
  • For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, check catalog identity and generation.
  • For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, check operation requesting the item.
  • For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, check lookup history and deletion events.

For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, capture raw work ID and width before releasing objects, closing handles or reconnecting. Retain the raw HRESULT with catalog identity and generation, component version, UTC timestamp and correlation ID. Bound the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID telemetry to diagnostic metadata because document content, credentials and unrestricted query text may be sensitive.

Step-by-step diagnosis

  1. Verify the ID in the same catalog used by the caller. Associate this observation specifically with CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID.
  2. Check whether a rebuild or deletion invalidated cached mappings. Associate this observation specifically with CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID.
  3. Audit serialization and signedness. Associate this observation specifically with CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID.
  4. Resolve the current item identity from its canonical source when possible. Associate this observation specifically with CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID.

Change one variable per CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID control run. Preserve the component version and target identity, then alter only the condition described as the work ID is unknown, stale, malformed or belongs to another catalog generation. This isolates whether CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID is causal rather than merely repeatable.

Retry decision

Refresh the mapping and retry only with a newly resolved valid work ID. Do not guess or increment identifiers. For CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID, record whether resolving a document identifier for update, deletion, notification or property access produced any content, update or state transition before returning. If completion remains unknown, the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID path must not replay non-idempotent work until the owner confirms final state.

The retry gate for CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID should be a concrete change in raw work ID and width or catalog identity and generation. A timer alone cannot demonstrate that the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID contract condition has changed.

What the value cannot establish

It does not mean the source document itself is missing. Without the call boundary for resolving a document identifier for update, deletion, notification or property access, CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID also cannot identify which wrapper or configuration layer introduced the condition.

Adjacent contract states

CI_E_NOT_FOUND is a broader object lookup result; this HRESULT specifically rejects the work-ID token. In CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID telemetry, preserve neighboring constants separately because the same visible symptom may require a different caller action, owner or recovery gate.

Developer and administrator actions

  • At the code boundary, keep raw work ID and width beside the returned HRESULT; preserve the observation under the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID correlation record.
  • In telemetry, correlate catalog identity and generation with the target and component generation; preserve the observation under the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID correlation record.
  • For regression coverage, force the documented condition: the work ID is unknown, stale, malformed or belongs to another catalog generation; preserve the observation under the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID correlation record.
  • For operations staff, expose the corrective state change rather than a generic retry button; preserve the observation under the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID correlation record.
  • After remediation, validate one known-good control and the original failing case; preserve the observation under the CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID correlation record.

Concrete scenario

A client persists work IDs across a catalog recreation. Storing the catalog generation with each ID prevents stale updates. In this scenario, handling CI_E_WORKID_NOTVALID at its real contract boundary prevents the application from collapsing a precise state into an unhelpful generic “search failed” message.

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