# xdmf HyperSlab with timesteps

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-hyperslab-with-timesteps/5174
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-hyperslab-with-timesteps/5174 "2020-08-24T21:00:35Z")
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#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-hyperslab-with-timesteps/5174/2 "2020-08-26T16:58:33Z")

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> [@firstkingofrome](#):
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> xmf reader on this (just shown for one timestep and one component) causes paraview to crash with an XdmfError::message(XdmfError::Level, std::string).

Hi Eric, I believe that hyperslabs in xdmf are not working based on this gitlab issue:  
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19608](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19608)  
It is not clear to me what is happening with the XDMF format as I don’t think it is being actively maintained, note the website you referenced has not been touched since 2018, I have been trying to steer my people away from using XDMF because of this (frequently unsuccessfully).

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