HRESULT 0xC0370113 (ERROR_VMCOMPUTE_WINDOWS_INSIDER

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The image needs Windows capabilities absent from this host; use a supported image/host pair.

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ERROR_VMCOMPUTE_WINDOWS_INSIDER_REQUIRED

The image was built for a newer Windows capability level

ERROR_VMCOMPUTE_WINDOWS_INSIDER_REQUIRED is a compatibility signal historically used when a container image depended on Windows functionality not present in the host’s released build. The durable diagnosis is the image/host capability mismatch, not the literal assumption that enrolling the production machine in a preview channel is always appropriate.

Container tags can continue to reference old preview-era layers, and private registries may retain images built against unsupported Windows releases. Modern supported base images and documented version compatibility should drive remediation.

Evidence and corrective action

Record the image creation date, base-image digest and Windows build encoded by the image.
Compare the host and image against the current compatibility documentation.
Rebuild from a supported LTSC or current base image when the workload no longer requires preview-only APIs.
Use an isolated test host if a preview image must be investigated; do not enroll production solely to suppress the HRESULT.
Check whether Hyper-V isolation provides a supported boundary for the chosen image before changing the host channel.

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