What does HRESULT 0x80340018 (ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED) mean?

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The network interface was removed while the operation was active.

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ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED

ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED The adapter is no longer available. It may have been physically disconnected, disabled, surprise-removed, reset through Plug and Play, or replaced by a new interface instance.

What to check for ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED

Check Device Manager and the System log for removal or bus-level events.
Release handles and outstanding requests that refer to the removed instance.
After the adapter returns, rediscover it rather than reusing stale interface state.

Microsoft: NDIS status values

Microsoft: netsh trace

Microsoft: !ndiskd.netadapter

Diagnostic interpretation of ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED

ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED has the HRESULT value 0x80340018. AllStat records the condition as “The network interface has been removed.”. For ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED, in practice, interpret that wording at the boundary owned by the Windows component or COM interface that returned the HRESULT, rather than treating the value as a generic Windows message.

Evidence to capture for ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED

Record the exact COM method or Windows API, its input object, the calling thread, and the full 0x80340018 value before a wrapper converts it to an exception or Boolean result.
Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED or the ndis / adapter / removed operation.
For ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED, check the documented return contract of the specific API because the same HRESULT can require different recovery in different interfaces.

Retry and recovery for ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED

Retry ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “The network interface has been removed.” has changed. For ERROR_NDIS_ADAPTER_REMOVED, configuration, policy, format, and authorization failures normally require correction first; an immediate loop can hide the original call site and add secondary errors.

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