What does HRESULT 0x8024F004 (WU_E_SERVER_BUSY) mean?

 
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WU_E_INVALID_EVENT WU_E_CALLBACK_COOKIE_NOT_FOUND

WU_E_SERVER_BUSY

WU_E_SERVER_BUSY means the server rejected an event because it was under too much load to accept it. The client should not assume the event was recorded; repeated immediate retries can worsen the overload.

What to check

  • Use retry with backoff and verify whether later reporting succeeds.
  • Correlate the client timestamp with update-server capacity, IIS, database, or service-health information in a managed environment.
  • Separate this reporting failure from download or install failures, which may be unaffected.

Microsoft: Windows Update log files

Microsoft: Windows Update Agent API

Microsoft: Windows Update error reference


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