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STATEREPOSITORY_E_CONFIGURATION_INVALID
The scope of STATEREPOSITORY_E_CONFIGURATION_INVALID is Windows StateRepository: StateRepository rejected its configuration before normal database work could proceed. Preserve 0x80670003 beside the returning call before cleanup or retry creates a more generic secondary failure.
Read the boundary first
When it is returned, StateRepository is infrastructure for the Windows application model. During a this result investigation, the HRESULTs expose distinctions familiar from transactional stores: optimistic concurrency, an unfinished prepared statement, database-versus-table locking, shared-cache contention, recovery, schema compatibility, corruption, and service shutdown. These are not interchangeable reasons to delete the repository.
During a this result investigation, configuration can define database location, modes, feature flags, or schema expectations. A deterministic configuration error should be separated from runtime lock or corruption symptoms and correlated with the exact configuration generation loaded by the service.
The first owner to inspect is the StateRepository request, database connection, prepared statement, transaction, schema generation, or service lifecycle that rejected the operation.
Keep neighboring conditions separate
When it is returned, UNKNOWN_SCHEMA_VERSION concerns on-disk schema compatibility; CONFIGURATION_INVALID concerns service setup inputs.
Do not delete data files before proving the configuration points to the intended repository.
Incident record for this HRESULT
| Capture | Diagnostic value |
|---|---|
| Configuration source and hash for it. | This places the failure on the lifecycle or transaction timeline and helps test the Windows StateRepository boundary. |
| Service build and OS build for it. | This separates caller input from environment and service state and helps test the Windows StateRepository boundary. |
| First invalid field or option for it. | This provides a stable comparison across retries or another machine and helps test the Windows StateRepository boundary. |
| Last known working configuration for it. | This identifies the exact object or resource generation involved and helps test the Windows StateRepository boundary. |
Reproduce without destroying evidence
The investigation should change one variable at a time and keep the original failing sample.
- First: Compare against an unmodified supported configuration.
- Next: Validate paths and values before service start.
- Then: Track configuration deployment atomically.
- Finally: Restart only after preserving the rejected generation.
Three useful controls
- Isolated connection against a repository copy: for it, a changed result separates retained object, connection, path, host, or device state from the original input. Hold constant: for it, preserve schema, data generation, and transaction sequence.
- Reduced failing operation: If this result follows the reduced step, the rejecting transition is localized. Hold constant: for it, retain configuration source and hash and remove only unrelated work.
- Targeted corrective control: Use this as a diagnostic branch rather than a blanket workaround: compare against an unmodified supported configuration. Hold constant: for it, keep the original this result sample available for the final regression test.
Definition of done
Closure for it requires the supported configuration loads consistently and an intentionally invalid field is rejected with clear evidence; then repeat the next lifecycle operation to detect stale state.
Technical references
The references below define the API family or storage/protocol behavior used to interpret this result.
- Microsoft Win32 metadata: winerror.h
- Microsoft: Windows service guidance for StateRepository
- SQLite: File locking and concurrency
- SQLite: Result and extended result codes
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