quarkusio/quarkus · error · RuntimeException

Incorrect description: " + i3.getDescription() + ", expected

Error message

Incorrect description: " + i3.getDescription() + ", expected: " + expectedDesc[2]

What it means

Same assertion pattern for the third Item (id=3): em.find(Item.class, 3L) must return an Item whose description equals expectedDesc[2], otherwise this RuntimeException is thrown. Part of the Item entity-cache verification that all three cached items match the expected descriptions.

Source

Thrown at integration-tests/hibernate-orm-cache/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/orm/cache/HibernateOrmCacheTestEndpoint.java:374

        QuarkusTransaction.requiringNew().run(() -> {
            findByIdItems(em, expectedDesc);
        });

        assertRegionStats(expected, Item.class.getName());
    }

    private static void findByIdItems(EntityManager em, String[] expectedDesc) {
        final Item i1 = em.find(Item.class, 1L);
        if (!i1.getDescription().equals(expectedDesc[0]))
            throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect description: " + i1.getDescription() + ", expected: " + expectedDesc[0]);

        final Item i2 = em.find(Item.class, 2L);
        if (!i2.getDescription().equals(expectedDesc[1]))
            throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect description: " + i2.getDescription() + ", expected: " + expectedDesc[1]);

        final Item i3 = em.find(Item.class, 3L);
        if (!i3.getDescription().equals(expectedDesc[2]))
            throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect description: " + i3.getDescription() + ", expected: " + expectedDesc[2]);

        List<Item> allitems = Arrays.asList(i1, i2, i3);
        if (allitems.size() != 3) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Incorrect number of results");
        }
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("list of stored Items names:\n\t");
        for (Item p : allitems)
            p.describeFully(sb);

        sb.append("\nList complete.\n");
        System.out.print(sb);
    }

    private void testQuery() {
        //Load all persons and run some checks on the query results:
        Map<String, Counts> counts = new TreeMap<>();
        counts.put(Person.class.getName(), new Counts(4, 0, 0, 4));
        counts.put(RegionFactory.DEFAULT_QUERY_RESULTS_REGION_UNQUALIFIED_NAME, new Counts(1, 0, 1, 1));

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Solutions

  1. Evict the Item entity region before verification
  2. Reset seed data to guarantee Item 3's description matches expectedDesc[2]
  3. Trace whether the update phase persisted the new description for Item 3
  4. Clear the cache and rerun to distinguish cache staleness from data issues

Example fix

// before
final Item i3 = em.find(Item.class, 3L);
if (!i3.getDescription().equals(expectedDesc[2])) throw ...
// after
sessionFactory.getCache().evict(Item.class);
final Item i3 = em.find(Item.class, 3L);
if (!i3.getDescription().equals(expectedDesc[2])) throw ...
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

sessionFactory.getCache().evict(Item.class);
Item i3 = em.find(Item.class, 3L);
if (i3 == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Item 3 not seeded");

Try / catch

try {
    findByIdItems(em, expectedDesc);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
    sessionFactory.getCache().evict(Item.class);
    // reload; persistent mismatch indicates a seed/update bug
}

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Verifying cached Items when Item 3's cached or persisted description differs from expectedDesc[2] — stale cache after updates, prior-run mutations, or wrong seed data.

Common situations: Entity cache retaining pre-update descriptions; Item 3 changed by a previous failed run; expected values in the caller not matching the seed/update logic.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of quarkusio/quarkus@e1c734241f (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6f6fc85a3923d128. Report an issue: GitHub.