StatisticsManager crashes on PP startup unable to read the file.

PP was continuously crashing on its startup. There was a crash trace:

{format}
Date/time: 2023-07-28 14:13:27
Signal: 11
/usr/bin/PrimProc(+0xb8116)[0x55b7b95d5116]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf630)[0x7f7e1de5d630]
/lib64/libcommon.so(_ZN10statistics17StatisticsManager26convertStatsFromDataStreamESt10unique_ptrIA_cSt14default_deleteIS2_EE+0x14e)[0x7f7e1e833dce]
/lib64/libcommon.so(_ZN10statistics17StatisticsManager12loadFromFileEv+0x244)[0x7f7e1e834204]
/usr/bin/PrimProc(+0xabb4d)[0x55b7b95c8b4d]
/usr/bin/PrimProc(+0x4f1c5)[0x55b7b956c1c5]
/usr/bin/PrimProc(+0x1b1a80)[0x55b7b96cea80]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x7ea5)[0x7f7e1de55ea5]
/lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7f7e1ca01b0d]{format}

Presumably the /var/lib/columnstore/local/statistics file is crashed. I am attaching the file.