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Informix Error -26010: Random IV generation failed.

Cause and resolution

Random IV generation failed.

The internal crypto library random API failed to generate an initialization vector (IV).

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-26010 fires when the internal crypto library's random API call fails to generate an initialization vector (IV) — per the official guidance, with no further named detail.

  1. The internal crypto library random API failed to generate an IV, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; the source gives no further detail.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support to resolve the problem, per this project's convention for internal-error codes the official text doesn't attribute to a user-actionable cause.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an internal crypto library API failure.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check for related messages in the server log around the same time, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the issue persists.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -26009 — "Key generation failed." A related internal crypto-library API failure, on key generation rather than initialization-vector generation.

The internal crypto library's random API failed to generate an initialization vector — this is an internal error; escalate if it persists.