data schema_error ai_generated true

ArrowInvalid: schema mismatch between record batches

ID: data/arrow-schema-mismatch

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
any active

Root Cause

Apache Arrow record batches have incompatible schemas.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Unify schemas before combining: pa.unify_schemas()
  2. 88% success Cast record batches to target schema: batch.cast(target_schema)

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Force cast all columns 78% fail

    Data loss on incompatible types

  2. Ignore schema differences 82% fail

    Crashes on column access