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WCM_E_INVALIDVERSIONFORMAT
WCM_E_INVALIDVERSIONFORMAT is the failure HRESULT 0x8022000D (signed decimal -2145255411, unsigned decimal 2149711885). Its severity bit is 1, facility is 34 (FACILITY_STATE_MANAGEMENT), and the facility-specific code field is 0x000D.
AllStat records the Windows SDK description as “Invalid version format.”
Documented meaning
The version identity cannot be parsed. The operation reached construction or validation of namespace identity and manifest metadata that selects a schema version. The first branch to test is whether a version includes labels or separators unsupported by SMI; keep that separate from the possibility that an empty component or trailing delimiter was emitted.
Operation phase
At this boundary, capture the exact version text, including whitespace, then correlate it with identity attributes supplied to ISettingsIdentity. Assign ownership only after checking source manifest location and target-image namespace versions.
Root-cause branches
- a version includes labels or separators unsupported by SMI
- an empty component or trailing delimiter was emitted
- a numeric field overflowed the accepted representation
- the authoring tool substituted a product display version where an SMI schema version was required
Diagnostic record
- the exact version text, including whitespace
- identity attributes supplied to ISettingsIdentity
- source manifest location and target-image namespace versions
- the tool that generated the version field
- a known-good namespace identity from the same component family
Correction workflow
- use the version format emitted by target-matched Windows deployment tooling
- remove marketing labels and locale-dependent formatting
- validate version fields before registering or opening the namespace
- avoid silently defaulting an invalid version to the newest schema
- regenerate the identity and re-run metadata validation
Retry policy
Retry only with a corrected identity or manifest. The namespace store cannot resolve a version string it cannot parse.
Nearby HRESULT distinctions
WCM_E_NAMESPACENOTFOUND means a well-formed identity is not registered. INVALIDVERSIONFORMAT fails earlier while interpreting the identity.
Concrete example
A build pipeline inserts “2.0-preview” into a namespace version field. SMI rejects the lexical form before it can search the store.
Operational logging
For operational telemetry, retain source manifest location and target-image namespace versions; also record the tool that generated the version field. Preserve a redacted summary of a known-good namespace identity from the same component family; use a cryptographic hash when that evidence is a file, stream, or generated artifact.
Official Microsoft references.
- Microsoft: SMI error and success constants.
- Microsoft: Settings Management Infrastructure API.
- Microsoft: SMI interfaces.
- Microsoft: ISettingsEngine::CreateSettingsIdentity.
- Microsoft: ISettingsEngine::GetNamespace.
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