| Previous | Next |
| WS_E_OBJECT_FAULTED | WS_E_INVALID_OPERATION |
WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW
WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW is a Windows Web Services API HRESULT. It means that converting, parsing, calculating, or serializing a numeric value would exceed the valid range for the target type.
What to check for WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW
- Verify the declared numeric type, bounds and units in the message contract.
- Check integer conversions, length calculations, offsets and size multiplications for overflow before the API call.
- Reject invalid input explicitly instead of truncating or wrapping the numeric value.
Diagnostic interpretation of WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW
WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW has the HRESULT value 0x803D0002. AllStat records the condition as “The operation could not be completed because it would lead to numeric overflow.”. For WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW, in practice, interpret that wording at the boundary owned by the Windows component or COM interface that returned the HRESULT, rather than treating the value as a generic Windows message.
Evidence to capture for WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW
- Record the exact COM method or Windows API, its input object, the calling thread, and the full 0x803D0002 value before a wrapper converts it to an exception or Boolean result.
- Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW or the ws / numeric / overflow operation.
- Preserve the first failure in the call chain; a later HRESULT can describe cleanup rather than the original ws / numeric / overflow condition.
Retry and recovery for WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW
Retry WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “The operation could not be completed because it would lead to numeric overflow.” has changed. For WS_E_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW, configuration, policy, format, and authorization failures normally require correction first; an immediate loop can hide the original call site and add secondary errors.
Looking for a different code? Search another status or error code.