Luca Boccassi
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sd_journal_get_data() can return a MESSAGE data object whose payload does not start with "MESSAGE=", e.g. when the journal file is corrupted. Instead of aborting the whole process, log and skip over such an entry like we do for other bad/missing fields. [ 87.287390] post.sh[1619]: + journalctl -q -o short-monotonic --grep 'didn'\''t pass validation' [ 87.287844] post.sh[1620]: + grep -v test-varlink-idl [ 87.325676] post.sh[1619]: Assertion 'message = startswith(message, "MESSAGE=")' failed at src/journal/journalctl-show.c:261, function show(). Aborting. #0 0x00007fb47b49a29c n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x9a29c) #1 0x00007fb47b43e7d0 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3e7d0) #2 0x00007fb47b425681 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x25681) #3 0x00007fb47b8a1ace log_assert_failed (libsystemd-shared-261~rc2.so + 0xa1ace) #4 0x000055f8e1ef9ddb show (journalctl + 0xcddb) #5 0x000055f8e1efa6ee action_show (journalctl + 0xd6ee) #6 0x000055f8e1ef3c20 run (journalctl + 0x6c20) #7 0x00007fb47b427741 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x27741) #8 0x00007fb47b427879 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x27879) #9 0x000055f8e1ef4915 _start (journalctl + 0x7915) Co-developed-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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