Test run
http://build.wiredtiger.com:8080/job/wiredtiger-test-format-stress-sanitizer/16060/console
I have run the config in question on my linux machine against revision 9494eb2899e010c378f882348ff3b58d37ecab08 and was able to reproduce the issue.
From reading, it appears that we are performing a __wt_session_copy_values operation without a txn set as part of a cursor modify operation via row_modify in format.
Error
[1501461896:189304][10489:0x7f0de8ff9700], t: ../src/session/session_api.c, 73: txn_state->pinned_id != WT_TXN_NONE || (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(cursor->uri, "file:") && F_ISSET((WT_CURSOR_BTREE *)cursor, WT_CBT_NO_TXN))
[1501461896:189352][10489:0x7f0de8ff9700], t: aborting WiredTiger library
Aborted (core dumped)
trace
(gdb) t 1 [Switching to thread 1 (Thread 0x7f0de8ff9700 (LWP 10559))] #0 0x00007f0e0f71c8c0 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f0e0f71c8c0 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f0e0f71df72 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x0000558bb983232b in __wt_abort (session=0x558bbb441070) at ../src/os_common/os_abort.c:25 #3 0x0000558bb9873e73 in __wt_assert (session=0x558bbb441070, error=0, file_name=0x558bb995ddf8 "../src/session/session_api.c", line_number=73, fmt=0x558bb995ddf5 "%s") at ../src/support/err.c:501 #4 0x0000558bb98635c5 in __wt_session_copy_values (session=0x558bbb441070) at ../src/session/session_api.c:70 #5 0x0000558bb980b728 in __cursor_modify (cursor=0x7f0de409abe0, entries=0x7f0de8ff7c50, nentries=5) at ../src/cursor/cur_std.c:636 #6 0x0000558bb97e41a5 in row_modify (tinfo=0x558bbb52e300, cursor=0x7f0de409abe0, key=0x7f0de8ff7e50, value=0x7f0de8ff7e80, keyno=88923, positioned=true) at ../../../test/format/ops.c:1339 #7 0x0000558bb97e2d19 in ops (arg=0x558bbb52e300) at ../../../test/format/ops.c:805 #8 0x00007f0e100c9049 in start_thread () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 #9 0x00007f0e0f7d6f0f in clone () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
config
############################################ # RUN PARAMETERS ############################################ abort=0 alter=0 auto_throttle=1 backups=0 bitcnt=1 bloom=0 bloom_bit_count=52 bloom_hash_count=26 bloom_oldest=0 cache=31 checkpoints=0 checksum=on chunk_size=1 compaction=0 compatibility=none compression=none data_extend=0 data_source=lsm delete_pct=4 dictionary=0 direct_io=0 encryption=rotn-7 evict_max=3 file_type=row-store firstfit=0 huffman_key=0 huffman_value=0 in_memory=0 insert_pct=22 internal_key_truncation=1 internal_page_max=17 isolation=random key_gap=18 key_max=77 key_min=18 leaf_page_max=15 leak_memory=0 logging=0 logging_archive=0 logging_compression=none logging_prealloc=0 long_running_txn=0 lsm_worker_threads=4 merge_max=10 mmap=1 modify_pct=21 ops=100000 prefix_compression=1 prefix_compression_min=3 quiet=1 read_pct=6 rebalance=1 repeat_data_pct=16 reverse=0 rows=100000 runs=1 salvage=1 split_pct=58 statistics=1 statistics_server=0 threads=31 timer=20 transaction_timestamps=0 transaction-frequency=62 value_max=710 value_min=18 verify=1 wiredtiger_config= write_pct=47 ############################################