The event logging service encountered an error while processing an incoming event
The event logging service encountered a critical error processing telemetry.
Event ID 1108 documents internal errors within the `wevtsvc` log processing subsystem. If corrupt log schemas or malformed events are injected, the service may fail to record specific audit entries.
Failure Reason / Root Cause:
Corrupt event manifest registration, disk I/O errors, or malformed third-party provider events.
Raw Event XML snippet
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
<EventID>1108</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12544</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-07-17T09:54:44.852Z" />
<EventRecordID>1048576</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="612" ThreadID="1024" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>DC01.enterprise.internal</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">SYSTEM</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
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</EventData>
</Event>Recommended actions
- Run `sfc /scannow` and check system disk health.
- Verify third-party ETW provider manifests and update monitoring agents.