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STATUS_CLIP_LICENSE_NOT_FOUND
The requested CLiP license record is absent
CLiP is the Windows client licensing and policy infrastructure used by Store-related components. This error is narrower than having no applicable licenses: a lookup for a particular license identifier or record failed. The package may be installed correctly while the associated entitlement data is missing, not provisioned, or no longer present in the local cache.
The useful recovery path is to re-establish the authoritative license through the Store or enterprise deployment channel. Copying licensing database files from another computer is unsafe because licenses can be bound to account, package, device, and signed policy state.
What to inspect
- Identify the package, product, entitlement, and license identifier requested at the failure point.
- Check ClipSVC and Microsoft Store operational events at the same timestamp.
- Refresh the app license while online and signed in as the entitled user.
- For managed packages, redeploy the correct package-license pair rather than transplanting cache files.
References
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS values
- Microsoft: StoreContext
- Microsoft: Windows service security guidance
- Cisco Talos: Windows Client License Platform internals
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