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NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT
NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT: evidence, boundary and retest
The useful reading of NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT (0xC00D132C) is not “media failed” but the authority contains an invalid or out-of-range port component. This places the failure at the invalidport URL check and narrows the evidence to collect before another attempt changes state.
Before any socket is opened, the player decomposes a URL into scheme, authority, host, port, path and escaped data before closing the invalidport incident. It may also combine a relative reference with a base URL or convert a file URL into a path; each operation has a different validity rule in the invalidport diagnostic record. In the case of NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT, preserve the earliest lower-level result because wrappers can map several different causes to the same HRESULT when isolating the invalidport case.
Preserve the raw and parsed URL
| Capture | Why it separates NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT |
|---|---|
| Owning call | Record the API method, object identity, thread or callback and timestamp for the invalidport URL check. |
| Decisive values | the original unmodified string, character count, encoding, base URL if any, parsed scheme, host, port and path, plus required and supplied output-buffer lengths while tracing the invalidport path. |
| Object generation | Note when the reader, writer, graph, URL object, streaming session or metadata provider was created; stale state can reproduce NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT after configuration has changed. |
| First nested result | Keep the earliest codec, COM, socket, DNS, parser or provider status before NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT; later UI messages are less specific. |
| Comparison case | Use one known-good resource that exercises the same the invalidport URL check while changing only the rejected precondition. |
Failure anatomy
The invalidport url check is reached when the authority contains an invalid or out-of-range port component. The caller must not assume that the next filter, packet, session or metadata state exists after NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT.
Use remove the explicit port to use the scheme default, then retry with one decimal port in the valid range as the negative control at the invalidport checkpoint. A later HRESULT means this checkpoint was cleared and the new result belongs to a different stage while tracing the invalidport path.
Nearby results are not interchangeable
Main distinction: port syntax is rejected before any TCP connection or proxy timeout can occur during a controlled invalidport retest.
| Nearby HRESULT | How to compare it |
|---|---|
NS_E_CURL_INVALIDURL | Compare the owning API and first rejected value; it belongs to a neighboring checkpoint, not automatically to the same cause as NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT. |
NS_E_CURL_CANTWALK | Use object state and operation order to decide which code is authoritative when both appear in one trace before closing the invalidport incident. |
NS_E_CURLHELPER_NOTADIRECTORY | Retain this result separately if it appears only after the NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT condition has cleared. |
One-component URL experiment
- Log
0xC00D132C,NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT, the exact operation and the first failure time when isolating the invalidport case. - Preserve the original unmodified string, character count, encoding, base URL if any, parsed scheme, host, port and path, plus required and supplied output-buffer lengths at the invalidport checkpoint.
- Do not reuse a graph, session, reader or metadata object created before the relevant configuration or resource changed while tracing the invalidport path.
- Perform one isolated test: remove the explicit port to use the scheme default, then retry with one decimal port in the valid range during a controlled invalidport retest.
- Repeat through the same API and protocol path; a different player or local-copy test is useful only as a comparison, not as proof that the invalidport URL check is fixed.
- Confirm the expected next state and retain any new HRESULT as a separate downstream result before closing the invalidport incident.
What the parser result proves
| Retest result | Interpretation for NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT |
|---|---|
| The identical call still returns the code | The values governing the invalidport URL check are unchanged, or the caller is still using an older object generation. |
| A fresh object succeeds | Lifetime or cached state contributed to NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT; correct object recreation instead of applying a machine-wide workaround when isolating the invalidport case. |
| The call advances to another HRESULT | The the invalidport URL check boundary was cleared. Diagnose the new code at its own format, graph, URL, network or metadata stage while tracing the invalidport path. |
| Only one resource fails | The evidence favors content, URL, publishing point, stream, attribute or object-specific state rather than a global outage during a controlled invalidport retest. |
Misleading actions
- blindly decoding and re-encoding the whole URL, which can change reserved delimiters and resource identity for evidence about invalidport.
- Do not erase the first
NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORToccurrence by repeatedly retrying; callbacks and reconnects can replace the useful state with a later wrapper error before closing the invalidport incident. - Do not publish credentials, protected-content material or complete private URLs in the invalidport diagnostic record. Record redacted identifiers, lengths, hashes and protocol fields needed to reproduce the invalidport URL check.
Technical references
- RFC 3986: URI generic syntax
- Handling URLs with WinINet
- CreateUri
- ParseURL
- Microsoft HRESULT registry
Treat NS_E_CURL_INVALIDPORT as resolved only when the same API path crosses this checkpoint; success through a different player or cached copy is merely supporting evidence at the invalidport checkpoint.
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