fix(db): skip SQLite scan after verified clean shutdown - #1907
fix(db): skip SQLite scan after verified clean shutdown#1907JustYannicc wants to merge 8 commits into
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`init_db()` runs `PRAGMA quick_check` over the whole SQLite file before anything else, and the listener does not bind until it returns. The scan reads every page, so its cost grows with the store while the operator sees nothing: no log record marks the start, so a restart looks like a hang. Measured on a running deployment with a 3.7 GB store (page_size 4096 * page_count 909875), two consecutive restarts cost 178 s and 181 s. The second applied no migration; Alembic reported the schema already at head and skipped the upgrade, so the stall sits entirely ahead of it. The I/O signature over the window is a whole-file read: read_bytes climbing past 2.4 GB against 32 KB written, with the process in uninterruptible disk wait. SQLite is already consistent after a clean close, and the scan defends against filesystem and hardware corruption, which does not correlate with an operator restart. Record how each process left the store in a `<db>.runstate` sidecar and run the scan only when the previous process did not record a clean shutdown. Every other state still scans: a crash, an OOM kill, a first run, an upgrade from a build that never wrote a sidecar, and unreadable or unrecognized content all read as unknown. A failed write removes the sidecar rather than leaving a stale clean record behind, and a clean record is fenced to the database file's size and mtime so a restored backup cannot inherit the previous file's record. The state is recorded even when the check mode is `off`, so re-enabling the check cannot trust a state the disabled build never maintained. Also announce the scan before it starts with the path, mode, and file size, and log its duration on success, so a multi-minute scan is attributable instead of silent. No new setting, no schema change, and no change for non-SQLite backends. `CODEX_LB_DATABASE_SQLITE_STARTUP_CHECK_MODE` keeps its meaning and default; this only removes redundant runs of the mode already selected. Refs Soju06#1865 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the CodeRabbit and Codex review on Soju06#1866. All four findings reproduce against the previous commit. - An invalid-UTF-8 sidecar raised `UnicodeDecodeError` out of `read_sqlite_runstate()` and aborted `init_db()`, which is the opposite of the intended fail-toward-scanning behavior. `read_text` now catches `UnicodeError` alongside `OSError`. - The clean-record fence used only size and mtime, so a restore that preserves timestamps (`tar -x`, `cp -p`, `rsync -a`) reused the stale record. Verified: replacing a 4096-byte file with different content and restoring its mtime still read back as `clean`. The identity now also carries device, inode, and ctime; the inode moves on every restore. - The sidecar was renamed into place without syncing, so a power loss could keep an earlier `clean` record while losing the `running` transition. In WAL mode the main database keeps its size and mtime across a long run, so the file fence cannot cover that case. The payload is now fsynced before the rename and the directory entry after it. - `mark_sqlite_shutdown_clean()` sat in the `finally` for `close_db()`, so a raised or cancelled `dispose()` still recorded a clean shutdown. It now runs only on the successful path, extracted as `_close_db_and_record_clean_shutdown()` so the ordering is testable the way the neighbouring drain helpers are. `mark_lifespan_completed()` stays in the unconditional `finally`. CodeRabbit's suggested diff for the last item used `try/else/finally` with no `except`, which is a `SyntaxError`; the successful-path call is the equivalent that parses. Refs Soju06#1865 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Follow-up review finding on Soju06#1866: `_fsync_directory` swallowed every error and `write_sqlite_runstate` still reported success, so storage that could not confirm the rename was durable still left a trusted record behind. A sync that is attempted and fails now fails the write closed, which removes the sidecar through the existing cleanup path and forces the next startup to scan. Diverges from the suggested diff on one point. Treating a failed `os.open(directory)` as a durability failure would break Windows outright: opening a directory handle raises there, so every write would fail closed and no Windows deployment could ever record a clean shutdown. A platform that refuses a directory handle at all is reported as success, because rename durability there is the platform's guarantee rather than something this code can verify. Only an attempted-and-failed `fsync` is a failure. Refs Soju06#1865 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
`_fsync_directory` swallowed every `OSError` from `os.open` and reported success, so a missing directory, a permission denial, descriptor exhaustion, or an I/O error all left `write_sqlite_runstate` claiming a durable record. A stale `clean` sidecar could then survive a crash and skip the next startup's integrity scan. Errno cannot separate the two cases: Windows refuses a directory handle through `CreateFileW` and the failure surfaces as `EACCES`, the same code an ordinary permission denial uses. Gate the skip on the platform instead, so POSIX fails closed on every open failure while Windows still records a clean shutdown. Drive the sync-failure test through a stubbed handle so it exercises the `os.fsync` path on every platform, and cover an unopenable directory across `EACCES`, `ENOENT`, `EMFILE`, and `EIO`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 5 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughSQLite startup now records structured run state and database identity. A clean shutdown can suppress the next integrity scan only when the identity matches. Startup and shutdown use a process-wide lifetime lock, durable sidecar writes, and scan logging. ChangesSQLite startup integrity flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change allows clean restarts to skip SQLite integrity scans, but unresolved failure paths may preserve or reuse a stale clean-shutdown marker after interruption and may allow unsafe temporary-file replacement behavior. That could let startup bypass a required scan or write to an unintended target, so merge should wait for these risks to be fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ApplicationLifespan
participant init_db
participant SQLiteRunState
participant SQLiteDatabase
ApplicationLifespan->>init_db: initialize database
init_db->>SQLiteRunState: acquire lock, read state, record RUNNING
alt matching CLEAN identity
SQLiteRunState-->>init_db: validated CLEAN
init_db-->>ApplicationLifespan: skip integrity check
else unknown or changed state
init_db->>SQLiteDatabase: run configured integrity check
SQLiteDatabase-->>init_db: check result
end
ApplicationLifespan->>SQLiteDatabase: dispose engines
SQLiteDatabase-->>ApplicationLifespan: disposal result
ApplicationLifespan->>SQLiteRunState: record CLEAN and release lock
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In `@app/db/sqlite_utils.py`:
- Around line 269-276: Update the temporary-file creation in the runstate write
flow around _sqlite_file_identity and os.replace to use a securely created
randomized file via tempfile.mkstemp or os.open with O_CREAT|O_EXCL, then write,
flush, fsync, and replace that file while preserving cleanup on failure.
- Around line 252-279: Update write_sqlite_runstate and its corresponding
startup-read logic so a matching clean marker cannot be accepted while another
process still owns the database. Track active process ownership in the
run-state, or require an exclusive lifetime lock before recording clean, and
ensure startup validates that ownership information before skipping integrity
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327-343: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPersist sidecar deletion after a failed directory sync.
If
os.replace()succeeds and Line 328 fails, Lines 337-342 delete the sidecar without a later directory fsync. A power loss can lose that deletion and retain the earliercleanentry. The next startup can then skip the integrity check after a failedrunningtransition.After cleanup removes
target, attempt to fsynctarget.parentagain. Keep the write resultFalseif that sync also fails.Proposed fix
for cleanup in (tmp, target): if cleanup is None: continue try: cleanup.unlink(missing_ok=True) except OSError: pass + _fsync_directory(target.parent) return False🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@app/db/sqlite_utils.py`:
- Around line 327-343: Update the OSError cleanup path around os.replace and
_fsync_directory so that after cleanup removes target, it attempts a second
fsync of target.parent to persist the sidecar deletion. Preserve the existing
False failure result, and keep it False if this follow-up directory sync fails.
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362-374: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftDurably invalidate a prior
cleanmarker before startup continues.If
os.fsync(handle.fileno()),os.replace, or temporary-file creation fails before replacement, Lines 362-368 unlink the existing sidecar but Lines 369-374 do not sync that unlink._mark_sqlite_running()then returnsFalse, but startup runs the check and continues. If that process later writes to SQLite and crashes before the unlink reaches stable storage, a power loss can restore the matching priorcleanmarker. The next startup can then skip the integrity check.
app/db/sqlite_utils.py#L362-L374: Sync every target-sidecar removal, including cleanup before replacement. Return a distinct result when durable invalidation cannot be established.app/db/session.py#L987-L1009: If the RUNNING transition or invalidation is not durable, stop startup after the required check. Do not proceed to migrations or serve the database.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@app/db/sqlite_utils.py`:
- Around line 362-374: In app/db/sqlite_utils.py lines 362-374, update the
cleanup path around _fsync_directory and _mark_sqlite_running so every
target-sidecar removal is followed by a directory sync, and return a distinct
result when durable invalidation or the RUNNING transition cannot be
established. In app/db/session.py lines 987-1009, handle that result by stopping
startup after the required integrity check; do not continue to migrations or
serve the database when the transition or invalidation is not durable.
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Thanks — this is a thorough, fail-closed design and the test coverage (replacement races on both sides of the RUNNING fence, durability failures, timestamp-preserving restores, real lifespan teardown) is exactly what this class of change needs. Both CodeRabbit Major findings (concurrent-process clean-marker poisoning; symlink-followable temp file) are convincingly addressed by the lifetime lock and tempfile.mkstemp, and the final review on 9549e91 found nothing actionable. One mechanical blocker remains: the "Contributors attribution" check fails because Once attribution is green this looks ready to merge. |
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Problem
SQLite startup runs a full-file integrity scan before the listener binds. On the multi-gigabyte store described in #1865, that caused minutes of connection refusal on every clean restart without a log explaining the delay.
What this fixes
A durable run-state sidecar records
runningandclean, fenced to the database file identity. Startup acquires an exclusive<db>.runstate.locksentinel before reading that sidecar, so a second process cannot trust or replace a live process'scleanmarker.Startup now reads the previous record, durably persists
running, and only then decides whether a clean skip is safe. A failed running transition forces the configured integrity check. A clean skip requires non-null, matching previous/running/current identities, with a final decision-seam revalidation so replacement races cannot inherit a stale clean marker. Recursive or malformed state, null identities, failed durability, failed disposal, and uncertain shutdown all fail closed. Failed post-replace fsync cleanup is itself directory-synced.Sidecar writes use randomized exclusive temp files, and every scan is logged with its mode, path, size, and duration.
What is now possible
Clean restarts can bind without rescanning an unchanged multi-gigabyte database. Crash recovery, first startup, file replacement, uncertain shutdown, failed state writes, recursive/corrupt state, and another process already using the SQLite file still prevent an unsafe skip.
Summary
This is the beta.4 replacement for #1866, rebuilt on
b311aea760aa639fd96f63bd118f775e9b4a89f9and corrected with production-lifespan regression proof.Fixes #1865. Replaces #1866.
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tempfile.mkstempbefore atomic replacement.Checklist
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