error[internal]: left behind trailing whitespace (full repro with GitHub link to offending repo)
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 7k
- Forks
- 1.1k
- Avg merge
- 2d 13h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 24
Description
Toolchain Version
Everything is installed using rustup.
$ cargo --version
cargo 1.89.0 (c24e10642 2025-06-23)
Observed Behavior
When running cargo fmt, I get the following errors:
error[internal]: left behind trailing whitespace
--> /home/manish/work/hedgehog/src/dataplane/pkt-meta/src/flow_table/table.rs:371:371:1
|
371 |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
error[internal]: left behind trailing whitespace
--> /home/manish/work/hedgehog/src/dataplane/pkt-meta/src/flow_table/table.rs:380:380:1
|
380 |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
Expected Behavior
cargo fmt removes the trailing whitespace without internal error.
How to Reproduce
On GitHub checkout the code from https://github.com/githedgehog/dataplane/tree/bug-report/rust-1.89/rustfmt-internal-error. After checkout, don't forget to switch to the bug-report/rust-1.89/rustfmt-internal-error branch.
Using the Rust 1.89 toolchain, run cargo fmt to reproduce the issue.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Check out the linked dataplane repository's bug-report/rust-1.89/rustfmt-internal-error branch and run cargo fmt with Rust 1.89. Inspect dataplane/pkt-meta/src/flow_table/table.rs at lines 371 and 380, where trailing whitespace triggers the internal errors. Done means cargo fmt removes that whitespace without reporting an internal error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100