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+A metadata file was invalid.
+
+Erroneous code example:
+
+```ignore (needs extern files)
+use ::foo; // error: found invalid metadata files for crate `foo`
+```
+
+When loading crates, each crate must have a valid metadata file.
+Invalid files could be caused by filesystem corruption,
+an IO error while reading the file, or (rarely) a bug in the compiler itself.
+
+Consider deleting the file and recreating it,
+or reporting a bug against the compiler.