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Example excel where this problem occurs

I have an excel file that when iterating through and even just calling getCellComment throws an exception when I try to write it out. I have attached an example excel.

The exception is:

class org.apache.poi.hssf.record.DSFRecord cannot be cast to class org.apache.poi.hssf.record.TabIdRecord (org.apache.poi.hssf.record.DSFRecord and org.apache.poi.hssf.record.TabIdRecord are in unnamed module of loader 'app')

I am using POI 5.2.3.

Here is some code that can be used to reproduce the error:

try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(Path.of("put path to xls here").toFile());
             Workbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(fileInputStream)) {

            for (Sheet sheet : workbook) {
                for (Row row : sheet) {
                    for (Cell cell : row) {
                        cell.getCellComment(); // or even cell.removeCellComment();
                    }
                }
            }

            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(Files.createTempFile("modified", ".xsl").toFile());
            workbook.write(fos);
            fos.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }