Windows Security Log Event ID 6401

Operating Systems Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory		System
 • Other System Events
Type Failure
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before		  

6401: BranchCache: Received invalid data from a peer. Data discarded.

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BranchCache: Received invalid data from a peer. Data discarded.
 

This event is new to Server 2008 R2. It does not appear in earlier versions.

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Description Fields in 6401

IP address of the client that sent this data:   %1

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Examples of 6401

We have not yet produced this event. The following is from the manifest of Servrer 2008 R2:

<event value="6401" version="0" opcode="0" channel="10" level="4" task="0" keywords="0x8000000000000000" message="BranchCache: Received invalid data from a peer. Data discarded.

IP address of the client that sent this data:   %1">
</event>

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