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Informix Error -23526: CM error: Unable to create a mutex.

Cause and resolution

CM error: Unable to create a mutex.

Contact IBM Informix Technical Support for help in addressing this internal error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23526 is an internal error — per the official guidance, no user-actionable cause is documented beyond a mutex-creation failure.

  1. A mutex-creation failure inside the CM subsystem, per the official guidance — no further named detail.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support for help addressing this internal error, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Record the full sequence of events, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23526 in this set yet.

The CM subsystem couldn't create a mutex — contact IBM Informix Technical Support.