{"id":"sstable-format-lacks-integrity-and-efficiency-mechanisms","text":"The SSTable format has no integrity or efficiency safeguards: entries carry no CRC or checksum, range scans bypass the sparse index and scan from file start, and the entry count header is trusted without verification — meaning corruption goes undetected, negative lookups are unnecessarily expensive, and truncated files produce silent data loss.","truth_value":"OUT","source":"","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[{"type":"SL","antecedents":["sstable-no-checksums","sstable-range-scan-no-index-skip","entry-count-header-never-verified"],"outlist":[],"label":"three independent gaps (integrity, index usage, header validation) leave the format defenseless"}],"dependents":["binary-formats-rigid-across-entire-storage-stack","sstable-layer-compounds-integrity-and-performance-deficiencies"],"metadata":{"last_reviewed":"2026-05-30T09:01:17","review_result":"pass"},"created_at":"","updated_at":"","reviewed_at":"","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"sstable-format-lacks-integrity-and-efficiency-mechanisms","truth_value":"OUT","reason":"SL justification invalid","failed_antecedents":["sstable-no-checksums"],"label":"three independent gaps (integrity, index usage, header validation) leave the format defenseless"}]}}