What does Windows error code 8206 (ERROR_DS_BUSY) mean?

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Description: The directory service was temporarily too busy to process the LDAP request.

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ERROR_DS_BUSY

ERROR_DS_BUSY (0x0000200E) is an Active Directory Domain Services LDAP result. The directory service was temporarily too busy to process the LDAP request.

What to check

Retry with backoff instead of immediately issuing the same request in a tight loop.
Check Directory Service events, CPU, memory, disk latency, and LDAP client request volume on the domain controller.
Review slow or broad LDAP searches that may be exhausting server threads or queue capacity.

Useful command

Get-WinEvent -LogName "Directory Service" -MaxEvents 50

Microsoft: AD DS diagnostic logging · Microsoft: LDAP ETW tracing · Microsoft: AD DS limits

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