Uncaught Error: incorrect header check

[ginkel]

[Enter steps to reproduce below:]

1. Open a folder
2. Observe the following error

Atom Version: 1.13.0
Electron Version: 1.4.14
System: linux 4.8.13-1-ARCH
Thrown From: persistent-undo package, v1.2.0

Stack Trace

Uncaught Error: incorrect header check

At zlib.js:550

Error: incorrect header check
    at Zlib._handle.onerror (zlib.js:370:17)
    at Gunzip.Zlib._processChunk (zlib.js:540:30)
    at zlibBufferSync (zlib.js:239:17)
    at Object.exports.gunzipSync (zlib.js:175:10)
    at /home/tg/.atom/packages/persistent-undo/lib/persistent-undo.coffee:32:30
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:445:3)

Commands

Config

{
  "core": {
    "autoHideMenuBar": true,
    "telemetryConsent": "no",
    "themes": [
      "atom-dark-ui",
      "solarized-dark-syntax"
    ]
  }
}

Installed Packages

# User
asciidoc-preview, v2.7.1 (active)
atom-pair, v2.0.10 (active)
autocomplete-paths, v1.0.5 (active)
double-click-tree-view, v1.1.0 (active)
persistent-undo, v1.2.0 (active)
vim-mode, v0.65.2 (active)
atom-dark-syntax, v0.28.0 (inactive)
atom-dark-ui, v0.53.0 (active)
atom-light-syntax, v0.29.0 (inactive)
atom-light-ui, v0.46.0 (inactive)
base16-tomorrow-dark-theme, v1.4.0 (inactive)
base16-tomorrow-light-theme, v1.4.0 (inactive)
one-dark-ui, v1.8.2 (inactive)
one-light-ui, v1.8.2 (inactive)
one-dark-syntax, v1.6.0 (inactive)
one-light-syntax, v1.6.0 (inactive)
solarized-dark-syntax, v1.1.1 (active)
solarized-light-syntax, v1.1.1 (inactive)
about, v1.7.2 (active)
archive-view, v0.62.0 (active)
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image-view, v0.60.0 (active)
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link, v0.31.2 (inactive)
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metrics, v1.1.2 (active)
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settings-view, v0.244.0 (active)
snippets, v1.0.4 (active)
spell-check, v0.68.5 (active)
status-bar, v1.6.0 (active)
styleguide, v0.48.0 (active)
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tabs, v0.103.1 (active)
timecop, v0.33.2 (active)
tree-view, v0.211.1 (active)
update-package-dependencies, v0.10.0 (active)
welcome, v0.35.1 (active)
whitespace, v0.35.0 (active)
wrap-guide, v0.39.0 (active)
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language-css, v0.40.1 (inactive)
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language-javascript, v0.122.0 (inactive)
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language-less, v0.29.6 (inactive)
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language-mustache, v0.13.0 (inactive)
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language-property-list, v0.8.0 (inactive)
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language-ruby, v0.70.2 (inactive)
language-ruby-on-rails, v0.25.1 (inactive)
language-sass, v0.57.0 (inactive)
language-shellscript, v0.23.0 (inactive)
language-source, v0.9.0 (inactive)
language-sql, v0.25.0 (inactive)
language-text, v0.7.1 (inactive)
language-todo, v0.29.1 (active)
language-toml, v0.18.1 (inactive)
language-xml, v0.34.12 (inactive)
language-yaml, v0.27.1 (inactive)

# Dev
No dev packages

[benwbooth]

Hm looks like the undo history zip file got corrupted. Not sure how or why that would happen...

[nicksergeant]

This error happens for me every time with the editor action pane:split-right-and-copy-active-item.

[brycefranzen]

Also having this issue. Just opened a project and the error was thrown.

[benwbooth]

Hey guys,

I'm not using Atom anymore. Can anyone provide a PR for this? Otherwise I may need to find a new maintainer.

[jrial]

For those wondering how to identify the offending file: on Unix you go to the persistent undo folder of the project you opened when the error appeared, and in there you zcat all files recursively. Pipe the standard output to /dev/null, so that only standard error gets printed to the console. In my case, it looked as follows:

nighty@saltmine ~$ cd ~/.atom/persistent-undo/home/nighty/workspaces/work/usd_api/
nighty@saltmine usd_api$ find . -type f -exec zcat {} > /dev/null \;

gzip: ./maileater/models.py: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored

Restarting Atom after removing this file confirmed the issue was now resolved. This allows you to remove the history for the offending file only, without nuking the persistent history for the entire project.