[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eInvalidProtocolBufferException\u003c/code\u003e is thrown when a protocol message being parsed is found to be invalid, such as containing a malformed varint or a negative byte length.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis exception class inherits from \u003ccode\u003eIOException\u003c/code\u003e and implements the \u003ccode\u003eISerializable\u003c/code\u003e interface.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe class is part of the \u003ccode\u003eGoogle.Protobuf\u003c/code\u003e namespace, within the \u003ccode\u003eGoogle.Protobuf.dll\u003c/code\u003e assembly.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version of \u003ccode\u003eInvalidProtocolBufferException\u003c/code\u003e is 3.27.1, and previous versions include 3.23.0 and 3.15.8.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Class InvalidProtocolBufferException (3.27.1)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [3.27.1 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException)\n- [3.23.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/3.23.0/Google.Protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException)\n- [3.15.8](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/3.15.8/Google.Protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException) \n\n public sealed class InvalidProtocolBufferException : IOException, ISerializable\n\nThrown when a protocol message being parsed is invalid in some way,\ne.g. it contains a malformed varint or a negative byte length. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e [Exception](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception) \\\u003e [SystemException](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.systemexception) \\\u003e [IOException](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.ioexception) \\\u003e InvalidProtocolBufferException \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[ISerializable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.runtime.serialization.iserializable) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[Exception.GetBaseException()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.getbaseexception) \n[Exception.GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.getobjectdata) \n[Exception.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.gettype) \n[Exception.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.tostring) \n[Exception.Data](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.data) \n[Exception.HelpLink](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.helplink) \n[Exception.HResult](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.hresult) \n[Exception.InnerException](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.innerexception) \n[Exception.Message](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.message) \n[Exception.Source](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.source) \n[Exception.StackTrace](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.stacktrace) \n[Exception.TargetSite](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.exception.targetsite) \n[object.Equals(object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object)) \n[object.Equals(object, object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object-system-object)) \n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.referenceequals)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Protobuf](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Protobuf.dll"]]
