risingwavelabs/risingwave · error · BatchError

Failed to read from system table

Error message

Failed to read from system table: {0}

What it means

BatchError::SystemTable: reading a RisingWave system table (pg_catalog / rw_catalog such as pg_tables, rw_columns, rw_connections) failed during query planning or execution. The boxed source is the actual read error from the meta service or hummock snapshot, e.g. table not found, RPC failure to the meta node, or a version-mismatch when decoding cached system-table rows.

Solutions

1. Check meta node availability and frontend-to-meta RPC health
2. Retry catalog reads; system tables may be momentarily unavailable during DDL or scale events
3. Verify the catalog cache version matches the cluster version after upgrades

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/batch/src/error.rs:101 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of risingwavelabs/risingwave@6469eb736d (2026-09-11). Data as JSON: /api/errors/50db33db76047525. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/batch/src/error.rs:101

    #[error(transparent)]
    PbFieldNotFound(#[from] PbFieldNotFound),

    #[error(transparent)]
    RpcError(
        #[from]
        #[backtrace]
        RpcError,
    ),

    #[error("Connector error: {0}")]
    Connector(
        #[source]
        #[backtrace]
        BoxedError,
    ),

    #[error("Failed to read from system table: {0}")]
    SystemTable(
        #[from]
        #[backtrace]
        BoxedError,
    ),

    #[error(transparent)]
    Dml(
        #[from]
        #[backtrace]
        DmlError,
    ),

    #[error("External system error: {0}")]
    ExternalSystemError(
        #[from]
        #[backtrace]
        BatchExternalSystemError,

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