He realized what had happened. A developer had dropped a temporary table on the source system exactly as the export began, leaving a ghost entry in the export dump. The import worker reached for the ghost, found nothing, and panicked.
If internal corruption is suspected, reload the Data Pump metadata objects. For 12c and higher: @?/rdbms/admin/dpload.sql (for CDB/PDB environments, ensure PDBs are open). For older versions (10g/11g): @?/rdbms/admin/catdp.sql @?/rdbms/admin/catmetx.sql Check for Invalid Objects: Ensure all objects are valid. owner, object_name, object_type dba_objects Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Recompile any invalid objects using the @?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql Verify Temporary Tablespace: He realized what had happened