Michael

I believe the `RecursionError` happened [here](https://github.com/mlcommons/croissant/blob/main/python/mlcroissant/mlcroissant/_src/operation_graph/graph.py#L98) in `_add_operations_for_file_object(...)`. \ The underlying issue is that there is a cycle created in the `__post_init__` of Metadata when the library tried to [backfill...

In this operation graph an edge from A -> B means B depends on A. \ As a result the proper fix should be adding `field.reference` -> `field` instead of...