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What does macOS kernel return 0xE00002EF (kIOReturnIsoTooNew) mean?

 
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kIOReturnIsoTooNew

The requested start time is outside the forward scheduling window

kIOReturnIsoTooNew is the counterpart to kIOReturnIsoTooOld: the isochronous request was scheduled too far ahead. A controller may accept only a bounded scheduling horizon. The exact limit depends on the transport, controller, driver, and API, so the error does not provide a universal number of frames to use.

More lead time is not always safer. If an application uses a distant timestamp to hide producer jitter, it can move the request beyond the queue window. The goal is a stable queue that stays sufficiently ahead of the current frame without asking the driver to reserve work at an unsupported distance.

Practical checks

  • Log the current and requested frame numbers and calculate their difference at the moment of submission.
  • Use a bounded target lead time and refresh it after reconnect, resume, alternate-setting changes, or controller reset.
  • Do not reuse frame values captured before a long pause, configuration change, or transfer cancellation.
  • Separate scheduling failure from payload failure: changing the audio, video, or sensor data does not correct an invalid frame horizon.

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