{"record":{"id":"d56d50c7a7b1a1be","repo":"risingwavelabs/risingwave","slug":"encoding-error-0","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Encoding error: {0}","messagePattern":"Encoding error: (.+?)","errorType":"error_code","errorClass":"BackupError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/storage/backup/src/error.rs","lineNumber":40,"sourceCode":"    #[error(\"BackupStorage error: {0}\")]\n    BackupStorage(\n        #[backtrace]\n        #[source]\n        BoxedError,\n    ),\n    #[error(\"MetaStorage error: {0}\")]\n    MetaStorage(\n        #[backtrace]\n        #[source]\n        BoxedError,\n    ),\n    #[error(\"StateStorage error: {0}\")]\n    StateStorage(\n        #[backtrace]\n        #[source]\n        BoxedError,\n    ),\n    #[error(\"Encoding error: {0}\")]\n    Encoding(\n        #[backtrace]\n        #[source]\n        BoxedError,\n    ),\n    #[error(\"Decoding error: {0}\")]\n    Decoding(\n        #[backtrace]\n        #[source]\n        BoxedError,\n    ),\n    #[error(\"Checksum mismatch: expected {expected}, found: {found}\")]\n    ChecksumMismatch { expected: u64, found: u64 },\n    #[error(\"Meta storage is not empty before being restored\")]\n    NonemptyMetaStorage,\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    Other(\n        #[from]","sourceCodeStart":22,"sourceCodeEnd":58,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/risingwavelabs/risingwave/blob/6469eb736d691e8e9b8a419a57edd6429ca77417/src/storage/backup/src/error.rs#L22-L58","documentation":"`BackupError::Encoding` wraps an underlying error raised when serializing/encoding backup payload data (e.g. protobuf/bytes conversion) fails. The original encoder error is boxed and kept as source with backtrace.","triggerScenarios":"Encoding a backup manifest, snapshot metadata, or data chunk before writing to backup storage when the serializer returns an error (e.g. prost encode failure, invalid utf-8, buffer conversion errors).","commonSituations":"Incompatible payload produced by a newer/older version of the code; corrupted in-memory structures; OOM/truncation during large payload encoding.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped source to see which encoder failed and on what payload.","Ensure meta/backup binaries and stored metadata versions are compatible (upgrade/downgrade consistency).","Retry the backup; if reproducible, report with the backtrace as it may indicate a bug."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// Sanity-check payload before encode\nfn payload_sane<T: prost::Message>(m: &T) -> bool {\n    m.encoded_len() > 0\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match backup.write().await {\n    Err(e @ BackupError::Encoding(_)) => {\n        tracing::error!(source = ?e.source(), \"encode failure\");\n        // check version compatibility, abort rather than retry blindly\n    }\n    other => other?,\n}","preventionTips":["Keep all nodes on the same RisingWave version during backup.","Do not modify backup payloads between encode and upload.","If reproducible, file a bug with the backtrace — encode failures usually indicate bugs."],"tags":["backup","encoding","serialization","rust"],"backgroundTag":"json-marshal-failed","analyzedSha":"6469eb736d691e8e9b8a419a57edd6429ca77417","analyzedAt":"2026-09-11T21:06:21.487Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-11T21:06:21.487Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T16:17:12.679Z"}