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Gateway restart loop fix during large state.db check

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116990 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a gateway restart loop caused by the startup watchdog expiring while performing an unclean-exit integrity check on large state.db files. The fix renews the watchdog lease during that check so the process is not killed before it can complete.

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  • #116990 fix(gateway): unclean-exit state.db check renews the startup-watchdog lease so large stores boot instead of restart-looping (#115542, salvage #115557)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/lifecycle_ledger.py, tests/gateway/test_lifecycle_state_db_check.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #115557 fix(gateway): renew startup-watchdog lease during unclean-exit state.db check · merged via another change → 943e952, #116990, #115542, #115557
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#115542Gateway restart loop on large state.db: unclean-exit quick_check lacks progress lease
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