What does Windows error code 5896 (ERROR_CLUSTER_EVICT_WITHOUT_CLEANUP) mean?

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Description: The cluster node was evicted from the cluster successfully, but the node was not cleaned up. To determine what cleanup steps failed and how to recover, see the Failover Clustering application event log using Event Viewer.

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ERROR_CLUSTER_EVICT_WITHOUT_CLEANUP

ERROR_CLUSTER_EVICT_WITHOUT_CLEANUP means the node was evicted successfully, but some local cleanup did not finish. The cluster membership change succeeded; the remaining task is to determine which cleanup action failed.

What to check

Review the FailoverClustering application and System events on the evicted node for the specific cleanup failure.
Do not attempt to rejoin the node until stale services, configuration, or storage state are understood.
If the node will return, follow the supported cleanup and validation sequence before adding it back.

Get-ClusterLog -UseLocalTime -Destination C:\Temp

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