JuliusBrussee/caveman · error

cachebench: trace line %d: duplicate or invalid JSON

Error message

cachebench: trace line %d: duplicate or invalid JSON

What it means

Error "cachebench: trace line %d: duplicate or invalid JSON" thrown in JuliusBrussee/caveman.

Source

Thrown at cacheengine/cachebench/trace.go:300

	}
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
	initial := 64 * 1024
	if limits.MaxLineBytes < initial {
		initial = limits.MaxLineBytes
	}
	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, initial), limits.MaxLineBytes)
	seen := map[string]bool{}
	var records []TraceRecord
	for line := 1; scanner.Scan(); line++ {
		raw := bytes.TrimSpace(scanner.Bytes())
		if len(raw) == 0 {
			continue
		}
		if len(records) >= limits.MaxRecords {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace exceeds record limit %d", limits.MaxRecords)
		}
		if !validUniqueJSONObject(raw) {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace line %d: duplicate or invalid JSON", line)
		}
		decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(raw))
		decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
		var record TraceRecord
		if err := decoder.Decode(&record); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace line %d: %w", line, err)
		}
		var trailing any
		if err := decoder.Decode(&trailing); err != io.EOF {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace line %d: trailing JSON", line)
		}
		if record.Schema != TraceSchema && record.Schema != TraceSchemaV2 && record.Schema != TraceSchemaV1 || !validBoundedText(record.RequestID, 512, false) || seen[record.RequestID] {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace line %d: invalid schema or request_id", line)
		}
		if _, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, record.At); err != nil || !validTraceIdentity(record) || record.PrefixTokens < 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cachebench: trace line %d: incomplete request identity", line)
		}
		if len(record.Body) > limits.MaxBodyBytes || !json.Valid(record.Body) || record.BodySHA256 == "" || record.BodySHA256 != bodyDigest(record.Body) {

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Solutions

1. Fix duplicate keys or invalid JSON on the trace line.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cacheengine/cachebench/trace.go:300 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of JuliusBrussee/caveman@27d5a3981a (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fe703a2cfab356ce. Report an issue: GitHub.