What does HRESULT 0xC03B000D (HNS_INVALID_POLICY) mean?

 
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HNS_INVALID_POLICY

HNS_INVALID_POLICY is an HRESULT used by Windows Host Networking Service (HNS). It indicates that the policy has missing fields, invalid values, or a combination unsupported by its target.

What to check for HNS_INVALID_POLICY

  • Validate the policy schema and required fields for the intended network, endpoint, or port.
  • Check that referenced IP addresses, ports, protocols, and endpoint identifiers are valid.
  • Apply policies one at a time when isolating an incompatible or malformed rule.

for it, Microsoft documentation on Windows container networking and HNS

Diagnostic interpretation

This result has the HRESULT value 0xC03B000D. AllStat records the condition as “The provided policy configuration is invalid or missing parameters.”.

Evidence to capture

  • Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the hns / policy operation.
  • compare the failing machine with a working one at the same configuration boundary: component version, policy, registration, identity, and target resource.

Retry and recovery

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