prestodb/presto · error · OrcCorruptionException

Invalid stripe footer

Error message

Invalid stripe footer

What it means

ORC metadata-reading error: parsing a stripe footer protobuf failed (InvalidProtocolBufferException), wrapped as 'Invalid stripe footer'. One stripe's footer section is corrupt, so the stripe's streams cannot be located; usually points to mid-file corruption.

Source

Thrown at presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/metadata/ExceptionWrappingMetadataReader.java:96

            throws OrcCorruptionException, IOException
    {
        try {
            return delegate.readFooter(hiveWriterVersion, inputStream, dwrfEncryptionProvider, dwrfKeyProvider, orcDataSource, decompressor);
        }
        catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
            throw new OrcCorruptionException(e, orcDataSourceId, "Invalid file footer");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public StripeFooter readStripeFooter(OrcDataSourceId orcDataSourceId, List<OrcType> types, InputStream inputStream)
            throws IOException
    {
        try {
            return delegate.readStripeFooter(orcDataSourceId, types, inputStream);
        }
        catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
            throw new OrcCorruptionException(e, orcDataSourceId, "Invalid stripe footer");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public List<RowGroupIndex> readRowIndexes(HiveWriterVersion hiveWriterVersion, InputStream inputStream, List<HiveBloomFilter> bloomFilters)
            throws OrcCorruptionException, IOException
    {
        try {
            return delegate.readRowIndexes(hiveWriterVersion, inputStream, bloomFilters);
        }
        catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
            throw new OrcCorruptionException(e, orcDataSourceId, "Invalid stripe row index");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public List<HiveBloomFilter> readBloomFilterIndexes(InputStream inputStream)
            throws OrcCorruptionException, IOException

View on GitHub (pinned to 55bb57d202)

Solutions

1. Identify and exclude the corrupted stripe/file
2. Verify storage medium integrity
3. Rewrite the file from source data

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/metadata/ExceptionWrappingMetadataReader.java:96 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of prestodb/presto@55bb57d202 (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6dfb4e3cf9807544. Report an issue: GitHub.