What does HRESULT 0x80093004 (OSS_MORE_INPUT) mean?

 
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OSS_MORE_INPUT

OSS_MORE_INPUT (0x80093004) is an OSS ASN.1 runtime result for premature end of encoded input. The decoder reaches the end of the supplied byte range before a complete PDU can be reconstructed. Because declared frame length and bytes actually received is central to this condition, Microsoft’s HRESULT range and the OSS Nokalva return-code documentation should be read together. Start the investigation by recording decoder offset at exhaustion, then separate the encoded value from generated artifacts, call arguments, and the runtime package actually loaded by the process.

Where processing stopped

At the premature end of encoded input boundary, capture the first OSS function returning the value and note whether the operation was encode, decode, copy, compare, constraint validation, or trace setup. Preserve the selected PDU, encoding rules, and transport segmentation, base64, or file-read boundaries; otherwise an outer certificate or security wrapper may hide the useful codec result behind a generic failure.

Facts that change the conclusion

RecordDiagnostic value
declared frame length and bytes actually receivedLocates the concrete message, allocation, module, or API boundary
decoder offset at exhaustionSeparates payload-dependent behavior from build and process state
transport segmentation, base64, or file-read boundariesMakes the comparison reproducible without rewriting the original artifact

Similar names, different faults: the result

A larger output allocation does not fix this condition; OSS_MORE_BUF concerns destination capacity, whereas this status concerns source completeness.

Isolation sequence

  1. decode the captured bytes with no transport layer involved
  2. append only the known missing segment and retry
  3. test a deliberately truncated message as a negative control

Instrumentation

Record the full 32-bit HRESULT and lower OSS return number together with operation direction, symbolic PDU, encoding rule, byte count, and generated-table identifier. Where declared frame length and bytes actually received can expose sensitive content, a hash plus a bounded structural excerpt is safer than the complete payload. Use decoder offset at exhaustion together with OSS module paths and versions logged once per process so packaging differences can be correlated without flooding normal diagnostics.

Keep the original bytes or object graph unchanged while testing decode the captured bytes with no transport layer involved. A change in decoder offset at exhaustion after reload, plugin replacement, restart, or schema deployment is evidence about runtime state, not permission to discard the reproducer. When transport segmentation, base64, or file-read boundaries points to one message, retain a cryptographic hash and the smallest safe sample instead of logging certificate, subscriber, credential, or private-key material.

Decision matrix

Controlled observationConclusion it supports
decode the captured bytes with no transport layer involvedA changed outcome isolates the first proposed control instead of a blind retry
declared frame length and bytes actually received differs between success and failureThe difference localizes the premature end of encoded input boundary before unrelated settings are changed
An independent decoder accepts the same artifactInspect generated schema, selected rules, ABI, and optional OSS modules before declaring the bytes invalid
A fresh control object changes the outcomeInvestigate initialization, lifecycle, allocator ownership, configuration mutation, and concurrent access

Completion check: the result

Preserve framing across reads and invoke the decoder only with the length promised by the surrounding protocol. A recovery test built around decode the captured bytes with no transport layer involved should replay the same operation under the same schema and encoding rule, retain one deliberately invalid control, and verify ownership and cleanup after both outcomes. Success after an unexamined retry is not proof that declared frame length and bytes actually received now satisfies the codec contract.

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