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Task
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Resolution: Works as Designed
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Priority:
Major - P3
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: Test Format
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Storage Engines - Foundations
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73.67
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SE Foundations - 2026-08-04
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When lowering the runs.ops configuration to ~100k or under, we get the following error:
[2026/07/29 17:33:36.350] Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [2026/07/29 17:33:36.350] #0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.354] [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f3037b14700 (LWP 155701))] [2026/07/29 17:33:36.354] Loading custom WiredTiger gdb scripts... [2026/07/29 17:33:36.385] #0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.385] #1 0x00007f308a338859 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.408] #2 0x00007f308a932fc7 in __wt_abort (session=session@entry=0x0) at /data/mci/32ec07260612fd20f703105a824305e7/wiredtiger/src/os_common/os_abort.c:32 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.463] #3 0x0000000000426cb8 in testutil_die (e=22, fmt=fmt@entry=0x429010 "%s/%d: %s") at /data/mci/32ec07260612fd20f703105a824305e7/wiredtiger/test/utility/misc.c:75 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.464] #4 0x000000000040ee69 in timestamp_once (session=0x7348ffc9c9d0, allow_lag=<optimized out>, final=final@entry=false) at /data/mci/32ec07260612fd20f703105a824305e7/wiredtiger/test/format/format_timestamp.c:188 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.469] #5 0x000000000040eef1 in timestamp (arg=<optimized out>) at /data/mci/32ec07260612fd20f703105a824305e7/wiredtiger/test/format/format_timestamp.c:242 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.469] #6 0x00007f308a510609 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:477 [2026/07/29 17:33:36.469] #7 0x00007f308a435353 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95
We need to ensure the stable timestamp never moves backwards, otherwise we may abort.