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ERROR_PAGEFILE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED
What this result means
ERROR_PAGEFILE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED is a Windows system result. The process exceeded a paging-file or commit-related quota. The term pagefile is historical; the key resource is committed virtual memory that requires backing.
Why it can appear
- a process or job has a restrictive commit quota
- private-memory growth or a leak exhausted the permitted amount
- a large reservation or copy-on-write workload caused a sudden commit spike
- system paging capacity was reduced while the workload retained the same limits
Troubleshooting steps
- Record process private bytes, commit size, job limits, system commit charge and limit, and paging-file configuration
- Identify the allocation that failed and the growth trend leading to it
- distinguish working-set size from commit usage
- Check whether quotas are inherited from a job, container, service host, or policy
Correct recovery and handling
Release memory, fix unbounded growth, or adjust an intentionally low quota after capacity review. Do not simply enlarge the pagefile if the process leaks memory.
Related and easily confused conditions
This differs from general out-of-memory results because a process-specific or job-specific quota can fail while the system still has commit available.
References
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