What does Windows error code 4053 (PEERDIST_ERROR_NO_MORE) mean?

 
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PEERDIST_ERROR_NO_MORE

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PEERDIST_ERROR_NO_MORE is Win32 error 4053 (0xFD5) and belongs to Peer Distribution and BranchCache stream enumeration and completion. The system description identifies the immediate condition but does not identify the caller, object, policy, device, service instance, or transition that produced it.

Interpret this result at the API boundary that returned it. Capture it before logging, cleanup, or another Windows call can replace the thread-local last-error value. Compare the recorded inputs with the documented precondition for Peer Distribution and BranchCache stream enumeration and completion rather than starting with a broad system repair.

Where the result appears

  • This result can surface during the stream enumeration and completion stage of a PeerDist publisher or consumer.
  • This result can surface during a BranchCache request where the current enumeration, retrieval, or supply operation has no additional data to return or require.
  • It can surface during an API call whose diagnosis depends on record API, current offset, total content length, and completion state.
  • It can surface during a recovery path that must treat the result as normal end-of-sequence when the documented API permits it and close the operation cleanly.

Likely causes

  • the current enumeration, retrieval, or supply operation has no additional data to return or require.
  • the caller made a stale assumption during stream enumeration and completion.
  • the observed PeerDist state no longer matched record API, current offset, total content length, and completion state.
  • the wrapper retried before it could treat the result as normal end-of-sequence when the documented API permits it and close the operation cleanly.

Diagnostic sequence

Diagnosis of it starts with the exact request type: read, write, create, transition, validation, cancellation, or administrative action. Identify the object generation and subsystem owner, then decide whether the failure happened before side effects, during a partial transition, or after completion. This ordering matters in Peer Distribution and BranchCache stream enumeration and completion because a blind retry can hide stale state or repeat a non-idempotent change.

  • record record API, current offset, total content length, and completion state.
  • record the exact PeerDist function involved in stream enumeration and completion.
  • record the object generation used for stream enumeration and completion.
  • record PeerDistSvc status while evaluating the current enumeration, retrieval, or supply operation has no additional data to return or require.
  • record origin fallback behavior before attempting to treat the result as normal end-of-sequence when the documented API permits it and close the operation cleanly.

Correlate it with the owning component’s operational log, the Windows System log, and any subsystem trace. Telemetry for this Win32 error should preserve native identifiers such as a path or file ID, handle generation, node or peer identity, policy ID, object version, offset and length, or transaction token. Retain decimal 4053, hexadecimal 0xFD5, and the producing API even when a localized message is also shown.

State boundary to prove

The decisive boundary for this Win32 error is whether the current enumeration, retrieval, or supply operation has no additional data to return or require. Prove or disprove that proposition using record API, current offset, total content length, and completion state together with the exact PeerDist function involved in stream enumeration and completion. When observations for this Win32 error disagree, preserve both and inspect the transition between them instead of choosing the more convenient value.

A focused validation for this Win32 error should recreate the relevant part of this situation: a consumer finishes all advertised ranges and receives NO_MORE on the next enumeration call; it finalizes instead of logging a cache outage. The negative case should keep the responsible condition unchanged and confirm error 4053; the recovery case should change only that condition and verify a successful result without an unrecorded side effect.

Suggested diagnostic fields

For error 4053, keep winerr_4053_api, winerr_4053_object, winerr_4053_state_before, winerr_4053_request, winerr_4053_first_status, winerr_4053_verification. These fields distinguish the initial state, requested transition, first status, and verified recovery result.

Handling, retry, and recovery

treat the result as normal end-of-sequence when the documented API permits it and close the operation cleanly A retry is justified only after the recorded state that produced this specific code has changed.

Retry it only after evidence shows a change in Peer Distribution and BranchCache stream enumeration and completion. Initialization, asynchronous completion, recall, or service readiness can justify bounded backoff; malformed metadata, invalid identifiers, policy rejection, unsupported versions, and integrity failures require correction. Before repeating a write or configuration operation after it, query completion state explicitly.

What to log for support and telemetry

  • log decimal 4053, hexadecimal 0xFD5, and the producing API.
  • log the target object and observed Peer Distribution and BranchCache stream enumeration and completion state.
  • log caller identity, process and thread IDs, machine or node identity, and UTC time.
  • log attempt number, elapsed time, previous result, and any partial side effect.
  • retain the first lower-level or component-specific error before Win32 translation.

Difference from nearby codes

PEERDIST_ERROR_MISSING_DATA indicates an unsatisfied range, whereas NO_MORE commonly marks completion.

Practical example

A consumer finishes all advertised ranges and receives NO_MORE on the next enumeration call; it finalizes instead of logging a cache outage.

Developer and administrator guidance

Code that handles it should keep its Win32 domain visible across exceptions, RPC responses, and JSON or REST wrappers. Administrators should verify the subsystem evidence before changing policy, deleting state, forcing failover, or replacing storage. Recovery is demonstrated only when a test observes 4053, changes the responsible condition, and confirms that the same operation succeeds without hidden data loss.

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