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ERROR_FILE_HANDLE_REVOKED
access through the specified file handle has been revoked.
ERROR_FILE_HANDLE_REVOKED indicates this condition: The handle was valid when opened, but Windows or a file-system component later withdrew its authority. Revocation can support security policy changes, storage failover, cloud-file state changes, or administrative invalidation without waiting for every holder to close the handle.
Where the result appears
- I/O issued after a file-system or policy component revokes an open.
- remote or clustered file handles invalidated during failover.
- security-sensitive files whose access is withdrawn after policy reevaluation.
- long-running services retaining handles across storage lifecycle changes.
What to collect
- the file path, file ID, volume, share, and original open options.
- the operation that first returned revocation and all earlier successful I/O.
- policy, failover, lease, oplock, or file-system events near the timestamp.
- whether a fresh open under the current identity succeeds.
Handling and recovery
Stop using the revoked handle and close it. Reopen the object only after confirming current policy and storage state; then revalidate file identity, position, locks, and application invariants before resuming. Never silently continue a transaction on a newly opened file that might be a different object.
Common misinterpretation
A revoked handle is not repaired by retrying the same read or write on that handle. Its authority has been deliberately invalidated.
References
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