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Informix Error -26009: Key generation failed.

Cause and resolution

Key generation failed.

The internal crypto library key generation API failed.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-26009 fires when the internal crypto library's key-generation API call fails — per the official guidance, with no further named detail.

  1. The internal crypto library key generation API failed, 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
N/A

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
  • -26010 — "Random IV generation failed." A related internal crypto-library API failure, on initialization-vector generation rather than key generation.

The internal crypto library's key-generation API failed — this is an internal error; escalate if it persists.