Why do I get Fatal Error messages in the Quartus Fitter compilation for Arria 10?

Description

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software version 16.1.2 and earlier you may see different Fatal Error message below in the early stage of the fitter for Arria® 10 devices,

For Linux

*** Fatal Error: Segment Violation at 0x30000611f

Module: quartus_fit

Stack Trace:

    0xd8002: std::_Rb_tree<CDB_ATOM_NODE*, CDB_ATOM_NODE*, std::_Identity<CDB_ATOM_NODE*>, std::less<CDB_ATOM_NODE*>, std::allocator<CDB_ATOM_NODE*> 

For windows

*** Fatal Error: Access Violation at 0X000007FEC44D7D56

Module: quartus_fit.exe

Stack Trace:

    0x57d55: HSSI_FPLAN_CHANNEL::~HSSI_FPLAN_CHANNEL 0xa5 (periph_hssi)

Resolution

There are no workarounds in the Quartus Prime software version 16.1.2 and earlier.

This problem is fixed beginning with the Quartus Prime software version 17.0.