What does HRESULT 0x80630401 (PEER_E_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND) mean?

PEER_E_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND

What the HRESULT means

PEER_E_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND — HRESULT 0x80630401 marks the local peer identity named by the operation is not present in the Identity Manager store.

Reconstruct the sequence

1. Identify the first call among PeerEnumIdentities, PeerIdentityImport and identity-consuming Grouping/PNRP calls that returned the HRESULT.
2. Preserve identity peer name, enumeration result, user profile and SID, import history, deletion events and the group/PNRP operation consuming the identity.
3. Correlate graph, group, PNRP and collaboration events with application cancellation, disconnect, shutdown and sign-out events.
4. Run the narrow comparison: enumerate identities under the same user and compare the requested name with an identity returned by the API.

Peer identities are secure peer names backed by user-scoped certificate and private-key material. The same identity may be referenced by PNRP registrations and by one or more secure peer groups.

Closest alternative diagnosis

PEER_E_IDENTITY_DELETED differs because not-found is discovered at lookup; identity-deleted often appears when a previously selected identity is removed during a longer operation. The two codes can occur in one workflow, but they do not justify the same remediation.

Correction and proof

Select an existing identity or import the encrypted identity package that owns the required private key; do not substitute a new identity for existing group credentials.

Source material

• Microsoft: About the Peer Identity Manager API.
• Microsoft: Creating a peer identity
• Microsoft: Identity and group configuration import and export
• Microsoft: Common Peer Infrastructure return codes