What does Windows error code 15813 (ERROR_STATE_ENUMERATE_CONTAINER_FAILED) mean?

 
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ERROR_STATE_ENUMERATE_CONTAINER_FAILED

State-container enumeration failed

ERROR_STATE_ENUMERATE_CONTAINER_FAILED indicates that a container listing could not be completed. A partial list must not be treated as authoritative unless the API explicitly reports partial progress.

Potential causes

  • The repository changes while enumeration is in progress.
  • One container has inconsistent metadata.
  • The user profile or package scope becomes unavailable.
  • The caller lacks access to part of the namespace.

Handling

Discard incomplete results or mark them as partial. Retry from a fresh enumeration context after transient failures, with a limit to avoid loops when corruption is persistent.

Diagnosis

Record the scope, last successfully observed container, and whether repeated attempts fail at the same point.

Partial-result handling

Enumeration consumers should carry an explicit completeness flag. A UI may display partial results with a warning, but migration, export, and deletion logic should stop rather than acting on an incomplete namespace.

Retry design

Restart from a fresh enumeration handle and deduplicate by stable container identity. Reusing an invalid cursor or relying only on ordinal position can skip or repeat entries after concurrent changes.

References


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