What does NTSTATUS 0xC043000E (STATUS_SECUREBOOT_REQUIRED_POLICY_FILE_MISSING) mean?

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A Secure Boot policy file required by the current configuration could not be found.

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STATUS_SECUREBOOT_REQUIRED_POLICY_FILE_MISSING

STATUS_SECUREBOOT_REQUIRED_POLICY_FILE_MISSING (NTSTATUS 0xC043000E) This NTSTATUS value reports that a required Secure Boot policy file is missing.

What to check

Determine whether the missing artifact is base or supplemental policy content.
Restore it through the supported deployment or recovery path.
Check recent image servicing or cleanup actions for removal of policy files.

Read-only checks

Get-SecureBootPolicy | Format-List

Get-WinEvent -LogName 'Microsoft-Windows-CodeIntegrity/Operational' -MaxEvents 50

Determine which policy role is missing before restoring anything: base policy, supplemental policy, and deployment metadata are not interchangeable. Recover the original signed artifact from the same managed policy set used by the device.

Microsoft: Confirm-SecureBootUEFI

Microsoft: Get-SecureBootPolicy

Microsoft: Viewing Code Integrity events

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