What does HRESULT 0x8067000F (STATEREPOSITORY_E_LOCKED_SHAREDCACHE_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED) mean?

 
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STATEREPOSITORY_E_LOCKED_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED STATEREPOSITORY_E_SERVICE_STOP_IN_PROGRESS

STATEREPOSITORY_E_LOCKED_SHAREDCACHE_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED

The scope of STATEREPOSITORY_E_LOCKED_SHAREDCACHE_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED is Windows StateRepository: shared-cache locking did not clear before the repository timeout. Preserve 0x8067000F beside the returning call before cleanup or retry creates a more generic secondary failure.

Read the condition first

A shared-cache timeout implicates connection coordination within the cache group. One connection can retain a schema or table lock while another waits, even though both belong to the same service process.

Keep neighboring conditions separate

The retry variant means waiting remains within policy; this code records that the policy expired.

Do not focus only on external processes or file-sharing modes.

Incident record

  • Cache-group membership.
  • Schema/table lock owners.
  • Connection thread stacks.
  • Active statements and transaction age.

Reproduce without destroying evidence

The investigation should change one variable at a time and keep the original failing sample.

  1. First: Audit every connection in the shared cache.
  2. Next: End long read statements before schema or write work.
  3. Then: Compare with private-cache connections.
  4. Finally: Use a deterministic connection-order test.

Three useful controls

  • Isolated connection against a repository copy: a changed result separates retained object, connection, path, host, or device state from the original input. Hold constant: preserve schema, data generation, and transaction sequence.
  • Reduced failing operation: If this result follows the reduced step, the rejecting transition is localized. Hold constant: retain cache-group membership and remove only unrelated work.
  • Targeted corrective control: Use this as a diagnostic branch rather than a blanket workaround: audit every connection in the shared cache. Hold constant: keep the original failing sample available for the final regression test.

Definition of done

Closure requires the same cache-group workload completes under the original timeout with no abandoned statements; 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.


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