What does HRESULT 0x80290202 (TBSIMP_E_INVALID_CONTEXT_HANDLE) mean?

TBSIMP_E_INVALID_CONTEXT_HANDLE

The TBS context handle no longer identifies a valid context

TBSIMP_E_INVALID_CONTEXT_HANDLE (0x80290202) means the caller supplied a handle that has been closed, expired, belongs to another lifecycle, or was never valid for this implementation path.

Evidence to capture

Capture handle value, create/close results, owning process/thread, service restart boundaries, and the first call after which the handle became invalid.

Focused correction

Create a fresh TBS context and update the owner that caches it. Do not keep retrying a handle across service/reinitialization boundaries.

Technical references

• Microsoft: Resource Virtualization in TBS.
• Microsoft: Command Scheduling in TBS.
• Microsoft: About TPM Base Services.
• Microsoft: Power Management in TBS.