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fix(shared): opening a database waits for another process's lock #28288

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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions packages/shared/src/nodeSqliteClient.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import * as FileSystem from "effect/FileSystem";
import * as Path from "effect/Path";
import * as SqlClient from "effect/sql/SqlClient";
import * as Statement from "effect/sql/Statement";
import { ChildProcess, ChildProcessSpawner } from "effect/process";
import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
import type * as Tracer from "effect/Tracer";
import { vi } from "vite-plus/test";

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}).pipe(Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
);

it.effect("waits for another process's lock while the database opens", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
const path = yield* Path.Path;
const directory = yield* fs.makeTempDirectoryScoped({ prefix: "t3-sqlite-open-" });
const filename = path.join(directory, "state.sqlite");
const seed = new NodeSqlite.DatabaseSync(filename);
seed.exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL; CREATE TABLE entries(name TEXT NOT NULL)");
seed.close();
const spawner = yield* ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner;
const holder = yield* spawner.spawn(
ChildProcess.make(process.execPath, [
"-e",
`const db = new (require("node:sqlite").DatabaseSync)(process.argv[1]);
db.exec("PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE; BEGIN EXCLUSIVE");
console.log("held");
setTimeout(() => db.close(), 300);`,

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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Keep the lock until the open attempt is confirmed.

If the parent is delayed for 300 ms after the readiness message, the child releases the lock before the client opens. The test can then pass on the unfixed code. Replace the timer with coordination that confirms the open attempt occurs while the lock is held.

As per coding guidelines, “A test that needs a timeout to pass is wrong.”

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Review comment at @packages/shared/src/nodeSqliteClient.test.ts at line 213:
Replace the fixed delay before db.close() with explicit coordination that
confirms the client’s open attempt occurs while the lock is still held; release
the lock only after that confirmation. Ensure the test does not depend on a
timeout to pass.

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filename,
]),
);
yield* Stream.runHead(holder.stdout);

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Require the child’s readiness signal.

If the child exits before acquiring the lock, its stdout can be empty. Stream.runHead then returns Option.none, which this test ignores, so the query can pass without testing contention. Assert that the expected readiness message was received. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @packages/shared/src/nodeSqliteClient.test.ts at line 217:
Update the test around Stream.runHead(holder.stdout) to assert that the child’s
expected readiness message was received; fail the test if the result is
Option.none so the query cannot pass without verifying lock contention.

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yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
const sql = yield* SqlClient.SqlClient;
assert.deepEqual(yield* sql`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM entries`.values, [[0]]);
}).pipe(Effect.provide(SqliteClient.layer({ filename, checkpointWorker: true })));
}).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
);

it.effect("reports a transaction blocked by another writer as a lock timeout", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { filename, other } = yield* makeTempDatabase;
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Expand Up @@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ const startCheckpointWorker = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (
yield* warn("Node SQLite lacks transaction-state or statement-authorizer support");
return undefined;
}
// These are the writer's first statements, before callers set their own wait.
writer.exec("PRAGMA busy_timeout = 5000;");
const version = String(writer.prepare("SELECT sqlite_version() AS version").get()?.version);
const [major = 0, minor = 0] = version.split(".").map(Number);
// Older SQLite treats NOOP as PASSIVE, which would checkpoint on the writer.
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