DuckDB error messages are cryptic

Dev tooling2 posts from 2 people1d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)Unverified

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HTTP logging prints Authorization and x-amz-security-token in cleartext; on v2.0 the same rows never reach duckdb_logs() and enable_http_logging is silently inert### What happens? Two related defects in HTTP logging. (A) Credentials are printed in cleartext. Enabling HTTP logging emits every request header, including `Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=..., Signature=...` and the full `x-amz-security-token` STS session token....duckdb/duckdbottawa-dan	duckdb/duckdbottawa-dan	Sep 1411 days ago
Incorrect results: hash join silently drops rows when the build side spills to disk### What happens? A hash join whose build side spills to disk silently returns a strict subset of its rows. With a 60 MB memory limit, a semi join that must return 3,000,000 rows returns 480,000 - no error, no warning. The join key values that survive are exactly those whose...duckdb/duckdbhanke580	duckdb/duckdbhanke580	Sep 1411 days ago

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DuckDB	2
AWS	1

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Posts that state a pain and match the "errors-unclear" rule about DuckDB. First post Sep 14, 2026, latest Sep 14, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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