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AI-generatedSST file format incompatibility during RocksDB version downgrade
Forward Compatibility Constraints \n RocksDB ensures that newer versions can read SST files created by older versions. However, forward compatibility is not guaranteed. When a database is upgraded to a newer version, the engine may rewrite SST files during compaction or ingestion using a more recent on-disk format version embedded in the file footer. \n If a