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How to resolve licenses with a broken binding or anchor in PTC Kepware Products

Modified: 10-Dec-2025   


Applies To

  • Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX) 5.20.396.0 to 7.0
  • ThingWorx Kepware Server (legacy) 8.0 to 6.18

Description

  • How do I repair a Broken Binding License Activation ID in the Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX)  / ThingWorx Kepware Server License Utility?
  • What does a Broken Anchor mean?
  • Previously activated licenses have a status of Broken
  • License states broken after server rollback
  • License Utility shows Broken Binding on activation ID
  • Server restored from backup which corrupted the license
  • Binding Error
  • Broken Arrow
  • Process to Reset Broken Binding in PTC Kepware Products 
  • Is there a process to reset Broken Binding 
  • Replaced the hardware our Virtual Machines run on. The license binding broke.
    FIDs for the affected licenses:
    FID_aa_bb_cc_dd
    FID_ww_xx_yy_zz 
  • Please unblock Kepware license, we restored server where it is installed and now it is blocked
  • Broken license binding for license under support
  • Fulfillment Record is untrusted when trying to repair a license with Broken: Anchor
  • Having problems with the license, I get the following message : License broken 
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