What does HRESULT 0x803E0107 (WPN_E_NOTIFICATION_HIDDEN) mean?

 
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WPN_E_NOTIFICATION_HIDDEN

WPN_E_NOTIFICATION_HIDDEN is an HRESULT used by the Windows notification platform. It means that code attempted a state transition that is invalid after the notification was already hidden.

What to check for WPN_E_NOTIFICATION_HIDDEN

  • Ensure hide or dismiss logic is idempotent and does not run twice for the same notification.
  • Track application state separately from the platform notification object lifetime.
  • Create a new notification when a new presentation is required rather than reusing a hidden instance.

Microsoft documentation

Diagnostic interpretation

This result has the HRESULT value 0x803E0107. AllStat records the condition as “The notification has already been hidden.”.

Evidence to capture

  • Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the wpn / notification / hidden operation.
  • Preserve the first failure in the call chain; a later HRESULT can describe cleanup rather than the original wpn / notification / hidden condition.

Retry and recovery

Retry only after the condition responsible for WPN_E_NOTIFICATION_HIDDEN has changed; repeat the same operation and confirm that the original failure boundary has moved or disappeared.


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