INFO: task hung in write_versions

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 23:37
Reported-by: syzbot+b68ec37ac5e67d8f040b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 58d, last: 2d01h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in write_versions 1 2 11d 50d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 03:52
upstream INFO: task hung in write_versions prio:low nfs 1 74 1d11h 39d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/08/16 09:28
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in write_versions 1 10 1d17h 58d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 21:30

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.5.1323:9580 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.5.1323      state:D stack:27088 pid:9580  ppid:5507   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_versions+0x90/0xbb0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:681
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f28af59e159
RSP: 002b:00007f28b0482028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f28af825fa0 RCX: 00007f28af59e159
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f28af63506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f28af826038 R14: 00007f28af825fa0 R15: 00007fff9b413d78
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.5.1323:9581 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.5.1323      state:D stack:27088 pid:9581  ppid:5507   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f28af59e159
RSP: 002b:00007f28b0461028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f28af826090 RCX: 00007f28af59e159
RDX: 000000000000000a RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f28af63506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f28af826128 R14: 00007f28af826090 R15: 00007fff9b413d78
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.5.1323:9582 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.5.1323      state:D stack:27088 pid:9582  ppid:5507   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd_svc+0x61/0xab0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:783
 write_threads+0x2ea/0x350 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:424
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f28af59e159
RSP: 002b:00007f28b0440028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f28af826180 RCX: 00007f28af59e159
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000500 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f28af63506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f28af826218 R14: 00007f28af826180 R15: 00007fff9b413d78
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.1353:9672 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.1353      state:D stack:27088 pid:9672  ppid:4271   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_versions+0x90/0xbb0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:681
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f274799e159
RSP: 002b:00007f274883b028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2747c25fa0 RCX: 00007f274799e159
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f2747a3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2747c26038 R14: 00007f2747c25fa0 R15: 00007ffebd3d0748
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.1353:9673 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.1353      state:D stack:27088 pid:9673  ppid:4271   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f274799e159
RSP: 002b:00007f274881a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2747c26090 RCX: 00007f274799e159
RDX: 000000000000000a RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f2747a3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2747c26128 R14: 00007f2747c26090 R15: 00007ffebd3d0748
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.1353:9674 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.1353      state:D stack:27088 pid:9674  ppid:4271   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd_svc+0x61/0xab0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:783
 write_threads+0x2ea/0x350 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:424
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f274799e159
RSP: 002b:00007f27487f9028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2747c26180 RCX: 00007f274799e159
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000500 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f2747a3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2747c26218 R14: 00007f2747c26180 R15: 00007ffebd3d0748
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:1/11:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e170 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e990 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6529
3 locks held by syz.6.1297/9512:
 #0: ffff888022bcd4e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807d026460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by syz.5.1323/9580:
 #0: ffff8880237c8fe8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff8880754c8460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_versions+0x90/0xbb0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:681
3 locks held by syz.5.1323/9581:
 #0: ffff88807c820fe8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff8880754c8460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by syz.5.1323/9582:
 #0: ffff888078128fe8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff8880754c8460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_svc+0x61/0xab0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:783
3 locks held by syz.4.1353/9672:
 #0: ffff88801db01768 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807cade460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_versions+0x90/0xbb0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:681
3 locks held by syz.4.1353/9673:
 #0: ffff88807b7f79e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807cade460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by syz.4.1353/9674:
 #0: ffff88807b7f65e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807cade460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_svc+0x61/0xab0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:783
3 locks held by syz.1.1516/10302:
 #0: ffff888076585268 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff888054fd0460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_versions+0x90/0xbb0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:681
3 locks held by syz.1.1516/10305:
 #0: ffff888028045c68 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff888054fd0460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by kworker/u4:16/10314:
2 locks held by syz-executor/10729:
 #0: ffff8880202400e0 (&type->s_umount_key#73){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
 #1: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x4f/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:633
3 locks held by syz.3.1878/12037:
 #0: ffff888056920ae8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88805695c460 (sb_writers#20){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
2 locks held by getty/13593:
 #0: ffff88807dc78098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000588b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by dhcpcd-run-hook/13615:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:devlink_trap_report+0x97/0x6f0 net/devlink/leftover.c:12031
Code: b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f8 f8 f8 48 89 04 19 48 b8 f8 f8 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3 48 89 4c 24 08 48 89 44 19 08 e8 0d 6f 5c f8 4c 89 34 24 <49> 83 c6 28 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 18 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000107a60 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff8925c3d3 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff88813fe73c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8880656fdb40 RDI: ffff8880591b8000
RBP: ffffc90000107b70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000020f60 R12: 0000000000000088
R13: ffff888057048248 R14: ffff88805dc35a80 R15: ffff8880656fdb40
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000056259fe1c950 CR3: 000000007e7ac000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:818 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x70d/0xa80 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/22 15:38 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/15 18:08 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 06:55 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/27 23:36 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/18 06:31 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/13 00:13 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in write_versions
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.