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E_SYNCENGINE_FOLDER_IN_REDIRECTION
The scope of E_SYNCENGINE_FOLDER_IN_REDIRECTION is Windows cloud-file and sync-engine infrastructure: the folder is currently being moved or redirected, so sync work must wait. Preserve 0x8802D00B beside the returning call before cleanup or retry creates a more generic secondary failure.
Read the condition first
Known Folder redirection, sync-root relocation, or provider-managed moves create a transitional namespace. Acting on old and new paths concurrently can duplicate or lose identity mappings.
Keep neighboring conditions separate
FOLDER_INACCESSIBLE is an access failure; FOLDER_IN_REDIRECTION is a temporary namespace transition.
Do not copy the tree manually while the managed redirection is active.
Incident record
- Old and new folder identities.
- Redirection operation and phase.
- Pending file operations.
- Provider generation and callbacks.
Reproduce without destroying evidence
The investigation should change one variable at a time and keep the original failing sample.
- First: Pause new work for the affected subtree.
- Next: Track identity through file IDs and operation IDs.
- Then: Resume after redirection commits or rolls back.
- Finally: Reconcile events from both path generations.
Three useful controls
- Second supported path for the same stable item: a changed result separates retained object, connection, path, host, or device state from the original input. Hold constant: keep account, remote item version, and client build fixed.
- Reduced failing operation: If this result follows the reduced step, the rejecting transition is localized. Hold constant: retain old and new folder identities and remove only unrelated work.
- Targeted corrective control: Use this as a diagnostic branch rather than a blanket workaround: pause new work for the affected subtree. Hold constant: keep the original failing sample available for the final regression test.
Definition of done
Closure requires the redirection completes atomically and every item retains one authoritative identity and location; 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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