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SQLite state.db concurrent-write and locking fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #108076 on 11 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address multiple sources of unintended concurrent writes and lock conflicts on state.db, including lifecycle guard raw-opens bypassing POSIX locks, WAL split-brain conditions, and serialization of SQLite access across cron, gateways, dashboard, and doctor.

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  • #108076 state.db no longer gets a second writer from profile gateways, the dashboard, the lifecycle guard or doctor --fix (#102120 #107688 #102589 #107440; salvage #103489 #102682 #108012 #105428)

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], cron/lifecycle_guard.py, gateway/hosted_room_policy_checkpoint.py, gateway/hosted_rooms.py, hermes_cli/doctor_state.py, hermes_cli/web_server_lifecycle.py, hermes_state_holders.py, tests/cron/test_lifecycle_guard_live_db.py, tests/gateway/test_hosted_rooms.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_wal_holder_guard.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py, tests/state/test_fts_holder_instance_scope.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_groups_methods.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_hosted_room_service.py, tui_gateway/hosted_room_service.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #102596 fix(cron): route lifecycle guard script reads through the sqlite live-connection registry · done elsewhere → 902ecca, #102682, #108076
  • #102682 fix(cron): serialize lifecycle script reads with SQLite locks · merged via another change → 902ecca, #108076
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#102589cron/lifecycle_guard raw-opens state.db when a command mentions its path, dropping the gateway's POSIX locks -> WAL split-brain
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11 Sep 2026

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