What does NTSTATUS 0xC0000271 (STATUS_VALIDATE_CONTINUE) mean?

 
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STATUS_WX86_FLOAT_STACK_CHECK STATUS_NO_MATCH

STATUS_VALIDATE_CONTINUE

The validator has not reached a final decision

STATUS_VALIDATE_CONTINUE tells the caller that validation should proceed to another stage. It is an intermediate protocol result, not a successful acceptance and not necessarily a rejection.

Correct state-machine behavior

  • Advance only to the next documented validation phase.
  • Preserve accumulated context and evidence between phases.
  • Apply a bounded step count so malformed input cannot cause an endless loop.
  • Return a final success or failure only after the validator says processing is complete.

Common bug

Generic wrappers sometimes treat every nonnegative status as final success. That can bypass later checks. Handle this value explicitly and log the current validation stage when diagnosing incomplete or inconsistent decisions.

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