{"record":{"id":"dcb04b2b45680713","repo":"NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra","slug":"encountered-too-many-errors-with-this-trace","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Encountered too many errors with this trace","messagePattern":"Encountered too many errors with this trace","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"LoadException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-importers/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/TenetLoader.java","lineNumber":384,"sourceCode":"\t\t\t\t\tlineNumber++;\n\t\t\t\t\tline = reader.readLine();\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\tTraceSnapshot snapshot =\n\t\t\t\t\ttrace.getTimeManager().createSnapshot(\"Snapshot %d\".formatted(snapNumber));\n\t\t\t\tsnapshot.setEventThread(traceThread);\n\t\t\t\tlong snap = snapshot.getKey();\n\n\t\t\t\tsnapNumber++;\n\n\t\t\t\tsetupMemoryAndMapping(program, trace, slideValue, snap);\n\n\t\t\t\ttry {\n\t\t\t\t\twhile (line != null) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmonitor.checkCancelled();\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (errorCount >= ERROR_THRESHOLD) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthrow new LoadException(\"Encountered too many errors with this trace\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfinal Matcher ipMatcher = ipPattern.matcher(line);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (ipMatcher.find()) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcurIp = Long.parseLong(ipMatcher.group(1), 16);\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (parseRegisterOperations(snap, curIp, line, lineNumber, traceThread,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttrace, log, monitor)) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tparseMemoryOperations(snap, curIp, line, trace, monitor);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\telse {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\terrorCount++;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\telse {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlog.appendMsg(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Line %d: Unable to find PC, skipping...\".formatted(lineNumber));\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\terrorCount++;","sourceCodeStart":366,"sourceCodeEnd":402,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-importers/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/TenetLoader.java#L366-L402","documentation":"LoadException('Encountered too many errors with this trace') is thrown during line-by-line parsing once errorCount reaches ERROR_THRESHOLD (a static final int set to 10 in TenetLoader). Each line where parseRegisterOperations returns false increments errorCount; the check fires inside the per-line loop after setupMemoryAndMapping for a snapshot. It is an abort-on-repeated-failure guard, not a single-record error.","triggerScenarios":"Loading a Tenet trace where 10 or more lines fail register-operation parsing (parseRegisterOperations returns false), e.g. lines whose IP/opcode format does not match ipPattern or whose payload cannot be parsed against the chosen program. The throw happens mid-snapshot after the threshold check.","commonSituations":"Corrupt or truncated trace file; wrong Program associated with the trace so register/memory layouts do not match; Tenet format version produced by a newer/different recorder than the loader expects; locale/encoding issues altering line content.","solutions":["Open the trace in a text editor and confirm its format matches what TenetLoader expects (IP line pattern, register op syntax).","Re-verify the associated Program is the exact executable the trace was recorded against (correct language/compiler spec).","Re-export the trace from the recorder if it is corrupt or partially written.","Temporarily lower verbosity / inspect the MessageLog entries logged before the threshold to find the first failing line and its pattern."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"if (errorCount >= TenetLoader.ERROR_THRESHOLD) {\n    // inspect MessageLog for first failing line before re-attempting import\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try {\n    loader.load(settings);\n} catch (LoadException e) {\n    if (e.getMessage().contains(\"too many errors\")) {\n        // check log for the failing trace lines and the associated program\n    }\n}","preventionTips":["Confirm the trace file is intact and matches the Tenet format the loader expects.","Associate the exact Program the trace was recorded against (matching language/compiler spec).","Watch the MessageLog for the first parse failures to localize the corruption."],"tags":["ghidra","import","loader","trace","tenet","parse-error"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T01:00:57.564Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-14T05:17:29.042Z"}