What does HRESULT 0x87AF1A03 (SQLITE_E_IOERR_AUTH) mean?

SQLITE_E_IOERR_AUTH

SQLITE_E_IOERR_AUTH is reserved for extensions and is not used by the SQLite core according to current SQLite documentation.

What to check for SQLITE_E_IOERR_AUTH

• Identify custom VFS, encryption, authentication, or storage extensions attached to the connection.
• Inspect extension-specific logs and error mapping rather than assuming a standard SQLite authorization failure.
• Capture the exact database open flags and connection configuration for a reproducible test.

SELECT sqlite_version();

SQLite: SQLITE_IOERR_AUTH

SQLite: Extended Result Codes

SQLite: VFS interface

Diagnostic interpretation

This result has the HRESULT value 0x87AF1A03. AllStat records the condition as “SQLITE_IOERR_AUTH”.

Evidence to capture

• Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the sqlite / ioerr / auth operation.
• compare the failing machine with a working one at the same configuration boundary: component version, policy, registration, identity, and target resource.

Retry and recovery

Retry this result only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “SQLITE_IOERR_AUTH” has changed.

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