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NS_S_NAVIGATION_COMPLETE_WITH_ERRORS
Catalog navigation completed with missing identifiers
NS_S_NAVIGATION_COMPLETE_WITH_ERRORS is HRESULT 856926 (0x000D135E) from Windows Media. AllStat describes it as “There were problems completing the requested navigation; There are identifiers missing in the catalog.” In the Windows Media Player, Windows Media Format, DRM, or Media Foundation state machine, the value reports a nonfailure state that must not be collapsed into plain S_OK.
Wrappers should not translate this result to an undifferentiated Boolean before state handling finishes.
Where the status is encountered
- Windows Media Player library, playlist, store, or UI plug-in callbacks; capture the exact API, object, and phase because the same numeric success severity does not define the state by itself.
- Windows Media Format source, writer, DRM, publishing-point, or installation operations;
- Media Foundation topology activation and remote-component setup;
Keep this result attached to the operation that returned it. Interpreting it outside that API contract can turn a normal continuation or partial result into an incorrect retry or false completion.
What must be true before accepting it
Verify that the returned destination is usable and every missing identifier is surfaced so dependent features do not assume a complete catalog path. Without the boundary check, the HRESULT can hide stale output, pending ownership, or omitted work.
Also confirm that returned outputs belong to the current operation generation and were not inherited from an earlier attempt.
Correct handling and recovery
Display the reachable destination, log unresolved identifiers, and disable or repair actions that need the missing catalog entries. Refresh catalog data before retrying navigation.
Do not use an unchanged tight retry loop for this HRESULT; it can duplicate effects or conceal a terminal state.
Difference from nearby results
Ordinary navigation completion has a complete identifier chain; this status reports a usable result with catalog defects.
The neighboring result changes whether output is final, more work remains, or fallback is required.
Practical scenario
A store navigation reaches an album page but cannot resolve two related artist IDs. The page opens while diagnostics list the broken references and hide only dependent links.
References
- Microsoft: Windows Media Format SDK error and success codes
- Microsoft: Windows Media Player SDK
- Microsoft: Media Foundation SDK
- Microsoft: HRESULT values
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