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        "content_html": "<p>Coordinate SQLite connections before replacing a database pathname during maintenance.</p>\n<h2>Source facts</h2>\n<p>SQLite documents a corruption hazard on POSIX-like systems when an open database file is unlinked or renamed and a new database is created under its old name. Different connections can then refer to different database files while sharing journal or WAL names derived from that pathname. Recovery can apply content from the wrong database. Windows does not permit the particular unlink-while-open scenario described there. SQLite also documents hazards from opening one database through multiple filesystem names.</p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html\">SQLite — How To Corrupt Your Database</a>.</p>\n<h2>Applicability</h2>\n<p>This applies to SQLite file replacement and maintenance on systems with the documented pathname behavior. It is not a general claim that every SQLite crash or rename causes corruption.</p>\n<h2>DSE recommendation</h2>\n<p>DSE recommends making database replacement an application-coordinated operation with all relevant connections closed. Inventory workers, background jobs, and management utilities that may retain an open handle. Preserve the old database set as a reviewed recovery artifact before deploying the replacement. Give the application one canonical database path and avoid ad hoc hard-link shortcuts. Include restart and reconnection checks in the change plan so a successful file move does not conceal an old process still attached to the previous database.</p>\n<h2>Verification</h2>\n<p>Rehearse replacement with a stopped disposable application and verify every worker reconnects to the intended database after startup. Inspect logs for SQLite warnings and check representative records. Retain the connection shutdown evidence and pathname mapping, rather than attempting the documented corruption scenario against live service data.</p>\n<h2>Official reference</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://sqlite.org/howtocorrupt.html\">SQLite — How To Corrupt Your Database</a>. Reviewed October 15, 2026.</p>",
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