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Windows DISM servicing log

0channels
5curated reasons
1themes fed
Livestatus

DISM.exe and DismApi sessions (dism.log). Surfaces CheckHealth/ScanHealth/RestoreHealth commands, CBS session markers, reboot-pending state, and API failures. Session boilerplate is dropped at collection; routine narration that is kept lands at Debug. Query at severity >= Info for normal investigation, and drop to Verbose or Debug inside a known servicing window.

Feed id: win.servicing.dism.

Channels

This feed reads a servicing log file on the endpoint rather than an event channel. Each reason below names the file it was read from.

Curated reasons

Severity here is what the condition is worth to the person holding the ticket, not the level the provider stated for itself.

ReasonTicket classSeverity
win_dism_command_failedpatchingInfo
win_dism_feature_change_failedpatchingInfo
win_dism_health_command_runpatchingInfo
win_dism_reboot_requiredpatchingInfo
win_dism_source_files_missingpatchingNotice

win_dism_command_failed

A DISM command reported failure.

Severity: Info

Impact: Depends on the command. Read the servicing outcome from CBS rather than from the tool exit.

Log file: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Fields it can set: win.servicing.dism.component

win_dism_feature_change_failed

A Windows optional feature could not be enabled or disabled.

Severity: Info

Impact: That feature is not in the requested state.

Log file: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Fields it can set: win.servicing.dism.component

win_dism_health_command_run

A DISM health or repair command was run on this machine.

Severity: Info

Impact: None. This records an action, not a fault.

Log file: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Fields it can set: win.servicing.dism.component

win_dism_reboot_required

A DISM change needs a reboot to take effect.

Severity: Info

Impact: The change applies after the next reboot.

Log file: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Fields it can set: win.servicing.dism.component

win_dism_source_files_missing

A DISM operation could not find the source files it needed.

Severity: Notice

Impact: Repair or install will keep failing until a valid source is supplied.

Log file: C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Fields it can set: win.servicing.dism.component

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