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RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_AUTHMETHOD
Protocol boundary: RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_AUTHMETHOD
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 boundary
| RTC area | RTC provisioning profile validation boundary |
|---|---|
| Objects to correlate | profile XML, provision/user/server/session elements, registrar and proxy roles, transport and authentication method |
| Condition to prove | the profile contains an invalid server authmethod value or combination |
| Safe corrective direction | replace it with a documented value consistent with the rest of the profile and revalidate from source |
The surrounding protocol rule for this HRESULT is that CreateProfile validates the provisioning schema and cross-field constraints; a field can be present yet still be unusable with the chosen transport or role; in addition, the path requires that The enabled profile selected for a call must support both the destination and the requested session type.
How to prove the condition
- Start from
0x80EE0038and this result, then find the method/event pair that first exposed it. - check whether the failure was local before transmission, produced during RTC state validation, or mapped from a remote response.
- the proof step is to record the exact value,
XMLelement, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields. - keep the analysis at the right boundary: the field is present, so adding another copy will not fix semantic validation.
- 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.
A SIP capture without RTC callback state cannot show which local object accepted or rejected the transition; for this HRESULT, an HRESULT-only log has the opposite weakness: it cannot show whether the result was generated before transmission or mapped from the peer.
Minimum incident record
Build the incident record before automatic recovery runs; the result record must identify one client/profile/session generation and the exact signaling, presence, or media transition in progress.
- Code-specific proof for this HRESULT: record the exact value,
XMLelement, allowed enumeration, and related transport/role/session fields. - Owning object for this HRESULT: server role/address/transport.
- Wire evidence for this HRESULT: authentication method.
- Lifecycle generation for this HRESULT: session type and party attributes.
For privacy-safe analysis of this result, preserve protocol structure rather than payload content; for this HRESULT, authentication values, complete addresses, buddy lists, and bodies should be redacted or hashed under policy.
Actions that do not address this condition
- The following shortcut is unsafe for this HRESULT: do not log passwords or provisioning secrets from profile XML.
- Another non-solution for this HRESULT is to do not insert placeholder values solely to pass schema validation.
- Do not discard the result facility and state boundary when converting the result into application telemetry.
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.
Before retrying it, classify the previous operation as definitely failed, definitely completed, or remotely uncertain; for this HRESULT, that distinction prevents duplicate dialogs, bindings, transfers, or roaming mutations.
Example for this HRESULT: An automated profile feed emits an unsupported server authmethod value and CreateProfile rejects the document.
Nearby failure modes
The practical separator for this HRESULT is this: it is tied to the condition “the profile contains an invalid server authmethod value or combination”; preserve that producing boundary before choosing recovery; for this HRESULT, compare that boundary with these related RTC values.
RTC_E_PROFILE_INVALID_SERVER_PROTOCOL | the profile contains an invalid server protocol value or combination |
|---|---|
RTC_E_LOCAL_PHONE_NEEDED | the selected phone-service operation requires a local telephone number that the profile does not provide |
RTC_E_PROFILE_NO_SERVER_PROTOCOL | the provisioning profile omits the required server protocol field |
The comparison prevents it from being flattened into a subsystem-wide error bucket with unsafe generic remediation.
Verification after a fix
Keep two tests: one that intentionally produces “the profile contains an invalid server authmethod value or combination”, and one that applies the narrow correction; for this HRESULT, check the callback sequence, 0x80EE0038, final session/profile state, and absence of leaked listeners, dialogs, streams, or registrations.
Technical references
- IRTCClientProvisioning::CreateProfile — definitions relevant when reproducing it.
- IRTCProfile server fields — API or protocol rules used to interpret it.
- Microsoft RTC return constants — authoritative context for the boundary.
- SIP and TEL URLs — definitions relevant when reproducing it.
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