What does HRESULT 0x80EE0038 (RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_AUTHMETHOD) mean?

RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_AUTHMETHOD

What RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_AUTHMETHOD means in RTC

This result belongs to the RTC provisioning profile validation boundary area of RTC and identifies the profile contains an invalid server authmethod value or combination.

This result carries 0x80EE0038 in the RTC interface facility 0xEE; store the result value at the first RTC callback or method boundary, before retry logic replaces it with a broader timeout or connection message.

Collect enough state to record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields; the result evidence should demonstrate why the field is present, so adding another copy will not fix semantic validation.

Protocol and object state

How to prove the condition

1. Start from 0x80EE0038 and this result, then find the method/event pair that first exposed it.
2. To verify this, record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields.
3. Keep the analysis at the right boundary: the field is present, so adding another copy will not fix semantic validation.
4. After you replace it with a documented value consistent with the rest of the profile and revalidate from source, repeat the smallest reproducer rather than restarting the entire application environment.

Minimum incident record

Before automatic recovery runs, record one client, profile, or session instance and the exact signaling, presence, or media transition in progress.

• Code-specific proof: record the exact value, XML element, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields.
• Owning object: server role/address/transport.
• Wire evidence: authentication method.
• Lifecycle state: session type and party attributes.

Actions that do not address this condition

• Do not log passwords or provisioning secrets from profile XML.
• Do not insert placeholder values solely to pass schema validation.

Correct application response

The appropriate response to it is not a blanket reconnect. Instead, replace it with a documented value consistent with the rest of the profile and revalidate from source, while preserving ownership of cleanup and any bounded retry.

Example: An automated profile feed emits an unsupported server authmethod value and CreateProfile rejects the document.

Nearby failure modes

Technical references

• IRTCClientProvisioning::CreateProfile.
• IRTCProfile server fields.
• Microsoft RTC return constants.
• SIP and TEL URLs.