https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99642
--- Comment #3 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Type and spec are the messages facet, but the same problem happens with other types. A simpler test case is: $ (set -x && cat pch.h && cat main.cpp) + cat pch.h #include <iosfwd> + cat main.cpp #include <ios> #include "pch.h" int main () {} which aborts for basic_istream (and basic_ostream, but no other types). The problem is that some of these types are added to class2loc mapping as they should be, but with a different address than when they're looked up. Instrumenting the code to print out the tree node (as @%p) shows this. The address after type_decl, @0x7fdba48705f0, in the first message, doesn't match the address after spec, @0x10001df1f0: /build/gcc-master/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/iosfwd:83:11: note: add: type_decl @0x7fdba48705f0: ‘class std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>’, exist: 0, def_p: 0, complete: 0, template_decl: 1 83 | class basic_istream; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ and then /build/gcc-master/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/iosfwd:83:11: note: diag_mismatched_tags: type_decl: ‘class std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>’ 83 | class basic_istream; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ main.cpp:3:14: note: diag_mismatched_tags: type: ‘std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>’, spec @0x10001df1f0: ‘std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>’ 3 | int main () {} | ^ A record of basic_istream exists but can't be looked up.