# segfault importing vtkhdf files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-importing-vtkhdf-files/17317
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-importing-vtkhdf-files/17317 "2025-11-18T09:34:37Z")
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### Author: ![philipdeegan](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/philipdeegan/32/17258_2.png) [@philipdeegan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/philipdeegan)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-importing-vtkhdf-files/17317/9 "2025-11-18T10:23:45Z")

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it does, it seems the importing file dialog is where the trigger is, so

I’ve tried importing [this](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/qsaiYGHzTG8dM82vnfviI6bJjgJ.csv) mentioned [here](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-data-to-paraview/15468/4)

and this does work, but perhaps it’s too simple compared to vtkhdf

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