What does Windows error code 13901 (ERROR_IPSEC_KEY_MODULE_IMPERSONATION_NEGOTIATION_PENDING) mean?

 
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ERROR_IPSEC_KEY_MODULE_IMPERSONATION_NEGOTIATION_PENDING

Negotiation is running under the requesting security principal

This status identifies a negotiation executed while impersonating the security principal that issued the connection request. The keying work has not completed yet. It is therefore both a pending-state result and a clue that caller security context is relevant to authentication or authorization.

Do not compare it directly with ordinary machine-only Main Mode negotiation without checking the rule and authentication proposal. Windows IPsec can use computer and user authentication proposals, and AuthIP supports richer authentication flows than classic IKEv1. A service account, interactive user, or delegated process can lead to different credential availability.

What to inspect

  • Identify the security principal under which the connection request was issued.
  • Compare the effective Phase 1 and Phase 2 authentication sets with the expected machine or user credentials.
  • Follow the negotiation to its later success or specific failure; the pending status itself is not terminal.
Get-NetIPsecPhase1AuthSet
Get-NetIPsecPhase2AuthSet

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