What does NTSTATUS 0xC03A000F (STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_TIMESTAMP_MISMATCH) mean?

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Description: a differencing disk records a parent timestamp that does not match the candidate parent.

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Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_TIMESTAMP_MISMATCH	HRESULT	Windows

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STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_ID_MISMATCH	STATUS_VHD_METADATA_READ_FAILURE

STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_TIMESTAMP_MISMATCH

STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_TIMESTAMP_MISMATCH means a differencing child's recorded parent timestamp does not agree with the parent the provider opened. The comparison is a chain-consistency safeguard, not a complaint about the host clock or the time shown to the guest OS.

Unlike STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_ID_MISMATCH, the parent identity can still match. Unlike STATUS_VHD_PARENT_VHD_ACCESS_DENIED, the provider reached the parent well enough to inspect its metadata. The mismatch can indicate that the parent was modified after the child was created or that the wrong revision was selected.

Determine whether the parent changed

Compare the parent image against the backup or checkpoint inventory that produced the child.
Record whether any resize, conversion, restore or direct edit occurred on the candidate parent after the child was created.
Avoid bypassing the check unless the exact chain history has been independently established and preserved.

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