NTSTATUS 0xC00A0028 (STATUS_CTX_CONSOLE

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Windows does not support connecting another session to the physical console.

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STATUS_CTX_CONSOLE_DISCONNECT	STATUS_CTX_SHADOW_DENIED

STATUS_CTX_CONSOLE_CONNECT

A session-connect request tried to use the console as its endpoint

STATUS_CTX_CONSOLE_CONNECT means that the requested reconnection or session-connection operation targeted the physical console session, which is not a supported endpoint for that operation. It is a target-type restriction, not an RDP protocol negotiation error.

The console has a special lifecycle and a dedicated identifier. A management tool that treats every numeric session as interchangeable can reach this status even when its requested source session is otherwise valid.

Useful evidence

Identify the source and destination session IDs and test whether either is the active physical-console session before calling a connect or reconnect API.
Use session enumeration to choose the actual disconnected RDS session that should be reconnected, rather than inferring it from a user name.
Do not retry the same console-targeted operation after a delay; the restriction is structural, not a temporary busy state.

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