[dgraph v25] failed when calling List.rollup: while encoding: cannot iterate through the list
Author: hankhsutcCreated Jul 29, 2026Updated Sep 2, 2026
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Describe the bug
seeing error logs failed when calling List.rollup: while encoding: cannot iterate through the list in alpha pods.
It seems to happen on nodes with large-sized data. we added @lang directive for multi-languages in the predicate.
logs
W0724 09:43:14.902606 1 mvcc.go:181] Error rolling up key [failed when calling List.rollup: while encoding: cannot iterate through the list: cannot initialize iterator when calling List.iterate minTs: 58256931, plist: splits:1 splits:8523883114575535643, mutationMap: Committed List: map[58550095:postings:{uid:17043778602460988961 value: {large size html data}To Reproduce
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Environment
Version : v25.3.4 deployed in k8s
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Source: dgraph-io/dgraph