Windows 10 random hg verify errors?

[Eric Pyle]

Good thought, but I don't think the anti-virus software is to blame.

I uninstalled Symantec Endpoint Protection, and then turned off Windows
Defender real-time protection, but still encountered the random errors and
the anti-virus software shows nothing in the history (see screenshot).

[image: Inline image 1]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver at aklaver.com>
wrote:

> On 02/16/2016 01:22 PM, Eric Pyle wrote:
>
>> *Has anyone* else experienced *random hg verify* errors under windows 10
>> (64bit)?
>>
>> Basically, hg verify gives me different results on the same (albeit
>> rather large 6Gigabyte) repository even though I haven't changed the
>> repository (e.g. different files and count for "integrity errors
>> encountered", or sometimes it succeeds without any errors.)
>>
>> *Does anyone* know of a similar large *public* project (with many files
>> and a lot of history) that I could try to reproduce the error on that as
>> well? (So I can invite support developers to try to reproduce it).
>>
>> My current recipe for reproducing this problem: it seems to be more
>> likely to occur soon after rebooting and logging into the system.
>> Otherwise hg verify seems to be succeeding more often than not. As far
>> as I can tell, the problem does not depend on the version of mercurial.
>> I can reproduce random the errors on multiple versions.
>>
>> However, when I boot my system *under* *Safe-Mode* I *can't reproduce*
>> these errors, random or otherwise. hg verify just passes like I expect.
>> Likewise running hg verify from a windows 7 (64bit) machine on the same
>> repository doesn't report such errors.
>>
>> I've reproduced the problem on both by cloning and booting a Solid State
>> Drive (SSD) and non-SSD drive on the same system. Also, had a colleague
>> with the same type of system/setup reproduce the problem by running hg
>> verify on my repository via shared local network folder.
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback!
>>
>
> When I see random Windows errors on an operation that is accessing files I
> automatically assume Anti-Virus software.
>
> Do you have AV software installed and if so is it pointed at the repo
> directory?
>
>
>> Here's an example of two different runs (under TortoiseHg 3.7.1). As you
>> can see by the timestamps, the first run reported 3 errors, but a
>> subsequent run reported none.
>>
>> paratext% hg verify
>> % hg verify
>> checking changesets
>> checking manifests
>> crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
>> checking files
>>   Paratext/MainForm.Designer.cs at 17792: unpacking d73c194b3e16: integrity
>> check failed on data/Paratext/MainForm.Designer.cs.i:229
>>   PublishingAssistant/HelperClasses/CreateInDesignDocument4.cs at 22782:
>> unpacking f45bc93b7f83: integrity check failed on
>> data/PublishingAssistant/HelperClasses/CreateInDesignDocument4.cs.i:58
>>   PublishingAssistant/NumberScripts/ChineseTraditionalLong.py at 10720:
>> unpacking 368f3c4eadfc: integrity check failed on
>> data/PublishingAssistant/NumberScripts/ChineseTraditionalLong.py.i:1
>> 10518 files, 24071 changesets, 81121 total revisions
>> 3 integrity errors encountered!
>> (first damaged changeset appears to be 10720)
>> [command returned code 1 Fri Feb 12 09:50:52 2016]
>>
>> paratext% hg verify
>> % hg verify
>> checking changesets
>> checking manifests
>> crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
>> checking files
>> 10518 files, 24071 changesets, 81121 total revisions
>> [command completed successfully Fri Feb 12 09:53:44 2016]
>>
>> As I said, this particular "paratext" project repository is 6 Gigabytes.
>> I'm guessing the large size of the repository in terms of project
>> history and number of files (perhaps even filesize) increases the
>> *likelihood* of reproducing this problem. Unfortunately my repository is
>> private so I can't share it with others like mercurial support.
>>
>> *Here's a brief profile of my system:*
>> Windows 10 Pro Version 1511 OS Build 10586.104
>> Dell Optiplex 9020
>> 16GB RAM
>> i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60Ghz
>> 64bit
>>
>> --
>> Eric Pyle
>> Dallas, TX
>> SIL - Language Software Developer
>>
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>
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> Adrian Klaver
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Eric Pyle
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SIL - Language Software Developer
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