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BUG #19406: substring(text) fails on valid UTF-8 toasted value in PostgreSQL 15.16

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Date: 2026-02-13T07:46:22Z
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      19406
Logged by:          SATŌ Kentarō
Email address:      ranvis@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 15.16
Operating system:   Linux 5.14.0-611.27.1.el9_7.x86_64
Description:        

After upgrading from PostgreSQL 15.15 to 15.16, substring(text) raises:
>ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe6 0x97
on valid UTF-8 text stored in a TOAST-compressed column.

The same SQL works on PostgreSQL 15.15.
The data is valid UTF-8. The problem occurs only when operating on a
TOAST-compressed value.

Steps to Reproduce:
$ psql
psql (15.16)
Type "help" for help.

user=> \x
Expanded display is on.
user=> \set VERBOSITY verbose
user=> create table toast_repro (data text);
CREATE TABLE
user=> insert into toast_repro select repeat('日向', 2000); -- e6 97 a5 e5 90
91
INSERT 0 1
user=> select pg_column_size(data), octet_length(data) from toast_repro;
-[ RECORD 1 ]--+------
pg_column_size | 153
octet_length   | 12000
user=> select substring(data from 1 for 2) from toast_repro;
-[ RECORD 1 ]---
substring | 日向
user=> select substring(data from 1 for 1) from toast_repro;
ERROR:  22021: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xe6 0x97
LOCATION:  report_invalid_encoding_int, mbutils.c:1796
user=> select substring('日向' from 1 for 1);
-[ RECORD 1 ]-
substring | 日
user=> select substring(data::varchar(100) from 1 for 1) from toast_repro;
-[ RECORD 1 ]-
substring | 日
user=> select substring(data from 1 for 1) from ( select data || '' as data
from toast_repro) t;
-[ RECORD 1 ]-
substring | 日

Environment:
version | PostgreSQL 15.16 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC)
11.5.0 20240719 (Red Hat 11.5.0-11), 64-bit
server_encoding | UTF8
client_encoding | UTF8
lc_collate | ja_JP.UTF-8
lc_ctype | ja_JP.UTF-8

Commits

  1. Suppress new "may be used uninitialized" warning.

  2. Fix SUBSTRING() for toasted multibyte characters.

  3. pg_mblen_range, pg_mblen_with_len: Valgrind after encoding ereport.