What does NTSTATUS 0xC0020017 (RPC_NT_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE) mean?

 
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RPC_NT_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE

RPC_NT_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE is an NTSTATUS value used by the Windows RPC runtime. This status reports that the RPC server is unavailable. It is a reachability or service-availability outcome after the client has enough binding information to attempt communication. The result alone does not distinguish a stopped server, transport failure, endpoint loss or a path blocked between client and server.

It differs from RPC_NT_NO_ENDPOINT_FOUND, where endpoint resolution yields no usable endpoint, and from RPC_NT_SERVER_TOO_BUSY, where the server is available but cannot complete the operation because of load or capacity.

The client could not use the target RPC server

  • Record the complete binding, selected endpoint, interface UUID and transport error from the same attempt.
  • Verify server process/listener state and endpoint registration before changing client call timeouts.
  • Correlate with network-path and server logs; do not infer that the procedure began executing from this status alone.

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