What does Intel IPP status -196 (ippStsIncompleteContextErr) mean?

 
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ippStsIncompleteContextErr

This is a state-machine error in an Intel IPP cryptography context. It normally means the object passed to the crypto primitive exists, but one of the required setup steps has not populated the internal key, domain, or operation state.

For example, RSA, ECC, or symmetric contexts often require a size query, initialization, key setup, and sometimes domain-parameter setup before the operation call. Reusing a zeroed buffer with the right size is not enough.

What to log

  • The exact setup calls made before the failing operation.
  • The return status of every initialization and key-setting call.
  • Whether the context was copied, cached, or reused after a failed setup path.

Intel IPP Error Reporting · Intel IPP Cryptography Reference


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