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Zorba Internal Fatal Error" when running workspace in FME Workbench

  • September 8, 2025
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francisco_1988
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Hi everyone,

I'm encountering an issue when running a workspace in FME Workbench, and I get the following error:

“Zorba Internal Fatal Error”

What would be the best way to troubleshoot or fix this issue?

 

Best answer by takashi

You can see that the error occurred while executing XMLUpdater from the log, so why don't you investigate the XMLUpdater settings and behavior at first?

However, the message "Zorba Internal Fatal Error ..." suggests the error is releted to the software implementation. I never seen the message.

If you couldn't  specify the reason for the error after investigation on the XMLUpdater, you would have to ask Safe support.

'Zorba' is the name of XQuery processor bundled in FME, by the way.

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takashi
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  • September 8, 2025

You can see that the error occurred while executing XMLUpdater from the log, so why don't you investigate the XMLUpdater settings and behavior at first?

However, the message "Zorba Internal Fatal Error ..." suggests the error is releted to the software implementation. I never seen the message.

If you couldn't  specify the reason for the error after investigation on the XMLUpdater, you would have to ask Safe support.

'Zorba' is the name of XQuery processor bundled in FME, by the way.


francisco_1988
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  • September 8, 2025

You can see that the error occurred while executing XMLUpdater from the log, so why don't you investigate the XMLUpdater settings and behavior at first?

However, the message "Zorba Internal Fatal Error ..." suggests the error is releted to the software implementation. I never seen the message.

If you couldn't  specify the reason for the error after investigation on the XMLUpdater, you would have to ask Safe support.

'Zorba' is the name of XQuery processor bundled in FME, by the way.

Perfect, Takashi. My workflow reads several shapefiles with different attributes and sizes and, in the end, generates XML files for each of them. When processing 29 shapefiles, the Zorba error occurred, but when running only 20, the workflow worked normally and generated the files correctly. I will check this with Safe Software. Thank you very much once again for your attention and willingness to help.