Post-sync operation failed: table context not found, tableId

Error message

Post-sync operation failed: table context not found, tableId={}, splitId={}

What it means

commitSingleOperation looks up the TableScanContext for a pending post-sync operation by its tableId. If the context cannot be found, it logs this warning and returns OpCommitResult.FAILED_RETRYABLE, so the post-sync operation (backup/delete/etc.) is not executed and will be retried later. The operation cannot proceed without the table's scan context (source FS, trash path, etc.).

Source

Thrown at seatunnel-connectors-v2/connector-file/connector-file-base/src/main/java/org/apache/seatunnel/connectors/seatunnel/file/source/split/ContinuousMultipleTableFileSourceSplitEnumerator.java:700

                    remainingByCheckpoint.entrySet()) {
                pendingOpsByCheckpoint.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
            }
        }

        log.info(
                "Post-sync commit finished for checkpoint {}: attempted={}, success={}, stale_skipped={}, failed={}, remaining_checkpoints={}",
                checkpointId,
                attempted,
                succeeded,
                staleSkipped,
                failed,
                remainingByCheckpoint.size());
    }

    private OpCommitResult commitSingleOperation(FileSourceOperationState op, long checkpointId) {
        Optional<TableScanContext> tableContextOpt = findTableScanContext(op.getTableId());
        if (!tableContextOpt.isPresent()) {
            log.warn(
                    "Post-sync operation failed: table context not found, tableId={}, splitId={}",
                    op.getTableId(),
                    op.getSplitId());
            return OpCommitResult.FAILED_RETRYABLE;
        }

        try {
            if (op.getAction() == FilePostSyncAction.DELETE) {
                return commitDeleteOperation(tableContextOpt.get(), op, checkpointId);
            }
            if (op.getAction() == FilePostSyncAction.BACKUP) {
                return commitBackupOperation(tableContextOpt.get(), op, checkpointId);
            }
            return OpCommitResult.SUCCESS;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.warn(
                    "Post-sync operation failed and will be retried: action={}, splitId={}, source={}, retryCount={}",
                    op.getAction(),

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Solutions

Ensure the job config tables match those referenced by the checkpoint/savepoint being restored from
Restart with a fresh checkpoint if table definitions changed intentionally
Verify addTableScanContext registration happens for every table that produces post-sync operations

Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Validate before calling

// Before persisting post-sync op state, ensure its tableId is registered
if (!findTableScanContext(op.getTableId()).isPresent()) {
    throw new IllegalStateException(
            "Cannot queue post-sync op for unregistered tableId=" + op.getTableId());
}

Try / catch

Optional<TableScanContext> ctx = findTableScanContext(op.getTableId());
if (!ctx.isPresent()) {
    log.warn("Post-sync operation failed: table context not found, tableId={}, splitId={}",
            op.getTableId(), op.getSplitId());
    return OpCommitResult.FAILED_RETRYABLE;
}

Prevention

Keep table configuration stable across checkpoint/restore
Never remove a table from config while its post-sync operations are still queued
Restore checkpoints only with a job config whose table set matches

When it happens

Trigger: A file post-sync operation state references a tableId absent from the enumerator's registered table contexts — e.g. table reconfiguration mid-job, state restored from a mismatched checkpoint, or contexts cleared before commit.

Common situations: Job restart from a checkpoint created under a different table configuration; table removed from config while its queued post-sync ops still exist; restore across config edits.

Understand the failure class

Background: Record Not Found Errors: "not found", RecordNotFound, and "was not found" — what they mean and how to fix them — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of apache/seatunnel@cf67b549a7 (2026-09-10). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d86e0432e826fb6c. Report an issue: GitHub.