Event ID 4612

Internal resources allocated for the queuing of audit messages have been exhausted, leading to the loss of some audits

Internal resources allocated for the queuing of audit messages have been exhausted, leading to the loss of some audits.

Number of audit messages discarded: %1

This event is generated when audit queues are filled and events must be discarded.  This most commonly occurs when security events are being generated faster than they are being written to disk, or when the auditing system loses connectivity to the event log, such as when the event log service is stopped.


This event is generated when audit queues are filled and events must be discarded. This most commonly occurs when security events are being generated faster than they are being written to disk.

This event can be a sign of hardware issues or lack of system resources, it's recommended to monitor this event and investigating the reason for the condition.

NIST 800-171: 3.3.4
NIST SP 800-53: AU-5
CMMC v2 L2: AU.L2-3.3.4


Microsoft Documentation

Event ID - 4612



Lookup Audit Policy Configuration Settings

C:\> AuditPol.exe /get /subcategory:"System Integrity"



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