HEARTBEAT_DEAD vs MACHINE_HEARTBEAT_DEAD

[nCubed]

In reviewing the docs for the policy heartbeatResurrectionStrategy, the docs state dead machines will return a HEARTBEAT_DEAD error upon validation. I noticed the error I received today was for MACHINE_HEARTBEAT_DEAD. Is there a difference between these two errors?

Of note, I actually received the MACHINE_HEARTBEAT_DEAD error when sending a heartbeat from a dead machine (the machine had not been properly deactivated).

[ezekg]

One is a validation code, and the other is an error code, respectively. The validation code is not an error, it's part of the validation result. The error is because you can't ping a dead machine, unless the policy allows resurrections.