Doctor WAL/delete journal mode detection improvements
Cluster 111729. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #113116 on 17 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113116. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #113116. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address how hermes doctor handles databases where a configured journal_mode=delete never took effect, including surfacing clearer signals and identifying which processes are holding the database file.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#113116 fix(doctor): name the processes holding a WAL database that journal_mode=delete never converted (#111729)
files:
hermes_cli/doctor_platform.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_journal_modes.py,website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: won't fix / by design 1
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#104714 fix(doctor): flag a configured journal_mode=delete that never took effect · won't fix / by design →
#111389,#100896
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#111729[Bug]: `hermes doctor` shows a plain "WAL journal mode" line for a database whose `database.journal_mode: delete` never took effect — the only signal is a once-per-process log line, and nothing names the processes holding the file
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- Merged PRs
- #113116
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 17 Sep 2026