can not locate xref table

Classification

Validator	Validator version	Error message type
veraPDF	1.28.2

File format	Version	Specification	Description	Location
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			OPF format-corpus
application/pdf	1.4			corpus
application/pdf	1.7			corpus
application/pdf	1.7			corpus

Analyses

Possible solutions

Output example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<report>
  <buildInformation>
    <releaseDetails id="core" version="1.28.2" buildDate="2025-07-15T16:07:00+03:00"></releaseDetails>
    <releaseDetails id="validation-model" version="1.28.2" buildDate="2025-07-15T16:12:00+03:00"></releaseDetails>
    <releaseDetails id="gui" version="1.28.2" buildDate="2025-07-15T16:59:00+03:00"></releaseDetails>
  </buildInformation>
  <jobs>
    <job>
      <item size="628">
        <name>/corpus/format-corpus/pdf-handbuilt-test-corpus/T02-05-01_002_Stream-ET-missing.pdf</name>
      </item>
      <taskException type="PARSE" isExecuted="true" isSuccess="false">
        <duration start="1762173236222" finish="1762173236304">00:00:00.082</duration>
        <exceptionMessage>Exception: Couldn't parse stream caused by exception: can not locate xref table</exceptionMessage>
      </taskException>
      <duration start="1762173236222" finish="1762173236304">00:00:00.082</duration>
    </job>
  </jobs>
  <batchSummary totalJobs="1" failedToParse="1" encrypted="0" outOfMemory="0" veraExceptions="0">
    <validationReports compliant="0" nonCompliant="0" failedJobs="1">1</validationReports>
    <featureReports failedJobs="0">0</featureReports>
    <repairReports failedJobs="0">0</repairReports>
    <duration start="1762173236176" finish="1762173236326">00:00:00.150</duration>
  </batchSummary>
</report>

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Notes on the error

Related errors by source files

Ghostscript:    A closing mark (] or >>) had no matching mark, ignoring the closing mark
Ghostscript:    A page ended after a BT had been executed and without a mtching ET
Ghostscript:    Can't repair xref, repair already performed
Ghostscript:    Catalog dictionary not located in file, unable to proceed
Ghostscript:    Couldn't find a named resource
Ghostscript:    error executing PDF token
Ghostscript:    error reading a stream
Ghostscript:    ET found outside text block
Ghostscript:    Incorrect /Length for stream object
Ghostscript:    object lacks an endobj
Ghostscript:    Page drawing error occurred.
Ghostscript:    startxref offset invalid
Ghostscript:    text operator outside text block
Ghostscript:    xref table was repaired
JHOVE:  Invalid object definition
JHOVE:  No document catalog dictionary
JHOVE:  No PDF trailer
veraPDF:        can not locate xref table

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