SQLite compaction blocking writes during cutover
Cluster 90173 · evals/compaction. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99652 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99652. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items relate to a compaction process that holds a SQLite write lock for an extended period, blocking other operations. A fix stages compaction rows before the atomic cutover to reduce lock contention.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#99652 fix(state): structurally corrupt state.db no longer keeps accepting writes (#97940, salvage #96038)
files:
contributors/emails/[redacted:email],gateway/session.py,hermes_state.py,tests/gateway/test_session.py,tests/state/test_fts_runtime_rebuild.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#90173Context compression holds SQLite write lock 25-140s, blocking gateway turns ('session storage was busy')
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Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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- Subsystem
- evals/compaction
- Merged PRs
- #99652
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 31 Aug 2026