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STATUS_CONNECTION_RESET
The peer or network reset the transport connection
These statuses describe transport endpoint and connection state. For STATUS_CONNECTION_RESET, they can appear below higher-level file sharing, DFS, redirector, RPC, or networking code before the error is translated to Win32 or Winsock form.
A reset is an abrupt connection termination. It often means the peer closed forcibly, a middlebox injected a reset, or the protocol state was no longer valid.
For STATUS_CONNECTION_RESET, for diagnostics, capture the endpoint address, address family, connection object, local and remote close/reset events, timeout, route, ICMP condition when available, and the higher-level component that issued the transport request.
What to inspect
- Capture packets when possible to see whether a TCP RST was received.
- Check peer process crashes or service restarts.
- Distinguish reset from graceful disconnect and timeout.
References for STATUS_CONNECTION_RESET
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS values
- Microsoft: Windows Sockets error codes
- Microsoft Open Specifications: DFS client product behavior
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