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 ## `checksum failed: checksum mismatched remote vs local`
 
-**Cause**: The checksum of a table in the local data source and the remote imported database differ. This error has several deeper reasons:
+**Cause**: The checksum of a table in the local data source and the remote imported database differ. This error has several deeper reasons. You can further locate the reason by checking the log that contains `checksum mismatched`.
 
-1. The table might already have data before. These old data can affect the final checksum.
+The lines that contain `checksum mismatched` provide the information `total_kvs: x vs y`, where `x` indicates the number of key-value pairs (KV pairs) calculated by the target cluster after the import is completed, and `y` indicates the number of key-value pairs generated by the local data source.
 
-2. If the remote checksum is 0, which means nothing is imported, it is possible that the cluster is too hot and fails to take in any data.
-
-3. If the data is mechanically generated, ensure it respects the constrains of the table:
-
-    * `AUTO_INCREMENT` columns need to be positive, and do not contain the value "0".
-    * The UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEYs must have no duplicated entries.
-
-4. If TiDB Lightning has failed before and was not properly restarted, a checksum mismatch may happen due to data being out-of-sync.
+- If `x` is greater, it means that there are more KV pairs in the target cluster.
+    - It is possible that this table is not empty before the import and therefore affects the data checksum. It is also possible that TiDB Lightning has previously failed and shut down, but did not restart correctly.
+- If `y` is greater, it means that there are more KV pairs in the local data source.
+    - If the checksum of the target database is all 0, it means that no import has occurred. It is possible that the cluster is too busy to receive any data.
+    - It is possible that the exported data contains duplicate data, such as the UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEYs with duplicate values, or that the downstream table structure is case-insensitive while the data is case-sensitive.
+- Other possible reasons
+    - If the data source is machine-generated and not backed up by Dumpling, make sure the data conforms to the table limits. For example, the AUTO_INCREMENT column needs to be positive and not 0.
 
 **Solutions**:
 
-1. Delete the corrupted data using `tidb-lightning-ctl`, and restart TiDB Lightning to import the affected tables again.
+1. Delete the corrupted data using `tidb-lightning-ctl`, check the table structure and the data, and restart TiDB Lightning to import the affected tables again.
 
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