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CI_E_INCONSISTENT_TRANSACTION
CI_E_INCONSISTENT_TRANSACTION is a catalog consistency error. The indexing pipeline eventually updates persistent index structures; if transaction state does not agree across those structures, normal query or update processing cannot safely assume a completed catalog commit.
Correlate the inconsistency with interruption and merge activity
- Capture the first service event before the inconsistency, especially abrupt shutdown, disk failure, or master-merge interruption.
- Record whether the catalog is repeatedly reset or rebuilt and whether the same storage volume shows I/O errors.
- Do not retry one document as the primary fix: the code refers to catalog transaction state, not one filter output.
Catalog-format documentation includes persistent index components and records for interrupted merges, illustrating why catalog recovery must distinguish completed and incomplete work. A transaction inconsistency should be diagnosed using chronology: what operation was active, whether the machine lost power, and whether the catalog resides on reliable storage. A rebuild may be the recovery path for an unusable catalog, but a recurring inconsistency after rebuild is evidence to investigate the storage and interruption cause.
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