Problem

I want solana-test-validator to preserve my transaction history. The command runs for the first time, but not when it is stopped with ctrl+C and restarted. Sometimes the running validator randomly goes off. I’m unable to restart the validator without deleting test-ledger folder, but this removes my testing history. Here are the logs:

Terminal error

(base) user@user my_folder % solana-test-validator
Ledger location: test-ledger
Log: test-ledger/validator.log

Logs inside test-ledger/validator.log

[2021-05-24T06:23:57.848220000Z INFO  solana_faucet::faucet] Faucet started. Listening on: 0.0.0.0:9900
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.848342000Z INFO  solana_faucet::faucet] Faucet account address: FVTsw8PpizT87dmwFqv4z5uRfmC7TrrthGL9JtvsFkJs
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852318000Z WARN  solana_core::validator] identity: B4A5NYxNdVMdxTMjEoFk3FfbDKqezfioDH8S6GjJEYuQ
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852365000Z WARN  solana_core::validator] vote account: H9uSkxhNm6nX2H59py5xMNgegbbkVmF9bhrsdAk6GkJM
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852388000Z WARN  solana_core::validator] authorized voter: H9uSkxhNm6nX2H59py5xMNgegbbkVmF9bhrsdAk6GkJM
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852413000Z WARN  solana_core::validator] CUDA is disabled
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852426000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] AVX detected
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852438000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] Initializing sigverify...
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852451000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] Done.
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.852480000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] Cleaning accounts paths..
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.992619000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] done. clean_accounts_paths took 140ms
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.992667000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] loading ledger from "test-ledger"...
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.998259000Z INFO  solana_core::validator] genesis hash: 27MQi1z2AFKpxrWSpkYtAmV3SrtktzJTRLetpCKF6o4w
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.998378000Z INFO  solana_ledger::blockstore] Maximum open file descriptors: 500000
[2021-05-24T06:23:57.998392000Z INFO  solana_ledger::blockstore] Opening database at "test-ledger/rocksdb"
[2021-05-24T06:23:58.241337000Z INFO  solana_ledger::blockstore] "test-ledger/rocksdb" open took 242ms
[2021-05-24T06:23:58.243967000Z INFO  solana_ledger::bank_forks_utils] Initializing snapshot path: "test-ledger/snapshot"
[2021-05-24T06:23:58.245941000Z INFO  solana_ledger::bank_forks_utils] Loading snapshot package: "test-ledger/snapshot-100-GMvMv3gjfSU7aH8vfMxtEtkmz1bNiEsmDmVMwCA2Uaqp.tar"
thread 'main' panicked at 'Load from snapshot failed: UnpackError(Archive("extra entry found: \"accounts/GNUSparseFile.0/100.102\" Regular"))', ledger/src/bank_forks_utils.rs:75:18
stack backtrace:
   0: _rust_begin_unwind
   1: core::panicking::panic_fmt
   2: core::option::expect_none_failed
   3: solana_ledger::bank_forks_utils::load
   4: solana_core::validator::new_banks_from_ledger
   5: solana_core::validator::Validator::new
   6: solana_core::test_validator::TestValidator::start
   7: solana_core::test_validator::TestValidatorGenesis::start_with_mint_address
   8: solana_test_validator::main
note: Some details are omitted, run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=full` for a verbose backtrace.

test-ledger folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ke0-oSxLJFS5gCQdweU-Z_m_L9-Mx3ht?usp=sharing

Environment

• Intel MacOS Catalina
• solana-cli 1.6.9 (src:9e42883d; feat:2960423209)
• solana-test-validator 1.6.9 (src:9e42883d; feat:2960423209)

Edit: Updated to v1.6.9 but issue persists.