read_csv crashed R session while read.csv or fread did not

[tungttnguyen]

I have the following csv file which has many empty rows. Reading it using readr::read_csv() [and vroom::vroom()] crashed R session whereas base R read.csv() or data.table::fread() did not. I am wondering what the problem was? Thank you!

Reproducible example below

### get sample data file
location_id <- "ADLC1"
test_url <- paste0("https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF_csv.php?id=", location_id)
test_data_file <- file.path(tempdir(), paste0(location_id, ".csv"))
test_data_file
download.file(test_url, test_data_file)  

### crashed R
library(readr)
test_data0 <- read_csv(test_data_file) 

### same issue with vroom
library(vroom)
test_data0 <- vroom(test_data_file, delim = ",") 

### the following codes worked
test_data0 <- read.csv(test_data_file) # works
head(test_data0)
#>   Issuance.Date.Time..Pacific. Valid.Date.Time..Pacific. Stage..Feet.
#> 1          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 08 AM          0.9
#> 2          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 09 AM          0.9
#> 3          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 10 AM          0.9
#> 4          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 11 AM          0.9
#> 5          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 12 PM          0.9
#> 6          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 01 PM          0.9
#>   Flow..CFS. Trend Threshold.Exceedance.Status Observed.Forecast
#> 1          6                            Normal          Observed
#> 2          7     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 3          7     0                      Normal          Observed
#> 4          8     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 5          8     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 6          8     0                      Normal          Observed

library(data.table)
test_data0 <- fread(test_data_file) # works
head(test_data0)
#>    Issuance Date/Time (Pacific) Valid Date/Time (Pacific) Stage (Feet)
#> 1:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 08 AM          0.9
#> 2:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 09 AM          0.9
#> 3:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 10 AM          0.9
#> 4:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 11 AM          0.9
#> 5:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 12 PM          0.9
#> 6:          08/30/2023 08:05 AM          08/25/2023 01 PM          0.9
#>    Flow (CFS) Trend Threshold Exceedance Status Observed/Forecast
#> 1:          6                            Normal          Observed
#> 2:          7     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 3:          7     0                      Normal          Observed
#> 4:          8     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 5:          8     +                      Normal          Observed
#> 6:          8     0                      Normal          Observed

^{Created on 2023-08-31 with reprex v2.0.2}

Session info

sessioninfo::session_info()
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