_pickle.UnpicklingError: pickle data was truncated

Question

l'm using python3.6/ . l pickled my file using protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL

when l load it as follow :

with open('data.sav', 'rb') as handle:
      data = pickle.load(handle)

l get the following error :

  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
_pickle.UnpicklingError: pickle data was truncated

What is wrong ?

Answer 1

It's been a while and maybe you have already found a solution.

In my case, the issue was due to the pickle file being corrupted. You could try to check the file's integrity with sha256sum, md5sum or something similar.

Hope it helps.