What does HRESULT 0x80EE003B (RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SESSION) mean?

RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SESSION

Operational meaning: RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SESSION

This code belongs to creating or enabling an XML profile that defines user identity, servers, transports, authentication, and supported session types: the profile contains an invalid session value or combination.

For correlation, retain 0x80EE003B in the RTC interface facility 0xEE together with this result; generic HRESULT text can otherwise hide the protocol family and the exact RTC branch.

The quickest way to localize this result is to record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields; the important boundary is that the field is present, so adding another copy will not fix semantic validation.

Signals worth preserving

• Code-specific proof: record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields.
• Correlation key: authentication method.
• Protocol or object snapshot: session type and party attributes.
• Last completed transition: redacted profile XML path/version.
• Expected output: user URI and profile key hash.

Protocol and object state

Interpreting it requires both of these facts: CreateProfile validates the provisioning schema and cross-field constraints; a field can be present yet still be unusable with the chosen transport or role; also, the result branch assumes that The enabled profile selected for a call must support both the destination and the requested session type.

Verification workflow

1. Record it and 0x80EE003B at the first RTC method or event that returns it.
2. Prove the condition by ensuring the trace can record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields.
3. Apply one controlled change: replace it with a documented value consistent with the rest of the profile and revalidate from source; then verify the result return value and resulting RTC state.

Do not confuse it with

Recovery and control flow

Recovery should be narrow: replace it with a documented value consistent with the rest of the profile and revalidate from source; while handling this result, do not let a higher layer simultaneously recreate the same session, registration, listener, or profile.

Example: An automated profile feed emits an unsupported session value and CreateProfile rejects the document.

Actions that do not address this condition

• Do not log passwords or provisioning secrets from profile XML.
• Do not insert placeholder values solely to pass schema validation.

Technical references

• IRTCClientProvisioning::CreateProfile.
• IRTCProfile server fields.
• Microsoft RTC return constants.
• SIP and TEL URLs.