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STATUS_REMOTE_SESSION_LIMIT
STATUS_REMOTE_SESSION_LIMIT places the limit at the remote network server. It is related to, but more specific than, a generic busy condition: the server cannot establish another session at the time of the request.
How to narrow it down
Inspect server-side session accounting and identify whether the limit is global, service-specific, license-related, appliance-specific or caused by leaked sessions. The client should not assume that disconnecting one visible drive will remove every session; background processes can retain authenticated connections.
Compare the failure with STATUS_TOO_MANY_SESSIONS and STATUS_CONNECTION_COUNT_LIMIT. The first reflects a NetBIOS-era session limit, while the latter explicitly names a per-account concurrent-connection ceiling.
Evidence that matters
- Measure active sessions and their owners on the remote server.
- Look for clients that create sessions faster than they close them.
- Determine whether the applicable limit is global, share-specific or account-specific.
References
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS reference
- Microsoft: SMB overview
- Microsoft: Get-SmbConnection
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