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Another look at SQLite's WAL-Reset bug

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The Consensus analyzes SQLite's WAL-Reset bug that allowed a stale read to cause data loss and possible corruption by interrupting checkpoint operations. It includes a reproduction using a multi-threaded workload, explains the WAL checkpointing modes, and notes that the bug was fixed in March 2026; upgrade SQLite to avoid regressions and run integrity checks.

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