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Security Token Validation Error

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.TokenAcceptanceSecurityTokenValidationErrorMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor indicates that token validation failed. If the same problem does not occur again within 15 minutes, the health state of this monitor will change back to a Green state. The alert that is generated by this monitor must be resolved manually.

Causes

For more information about the cause of this event, see the additional details that are specified within the event.

Some examples of possible causes for this event include the following:

Resolutions

See the inner exception in the event for more details that can be useful for subsequent token validations to succeed.

For more information about the SAML 2.0 protocol, including an explanation of the InResponseTo attribute, see the SAML 2.0 Technical Overview.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.TokenAcceptance
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.ConfigurationState
CategoryConfigurationHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Security Token Validation Error
Token validation failed. Check the Alert Context tab for event details.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.TokenAcceptanceSecurityTokenValidationErrorMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.TokenAcceptance" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.ConfigurationState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.SingleEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>ConfigurationHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.TokenAcceptanceSecurityTokenValidationErrorMonitor_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="EventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="EventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="TimerEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="TimerEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <LogName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</LogName>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">342</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

    <TimerWaitInSeconds>900</TimerWaitInSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>