SQLITE_INTERNAL
SQLiteFATALCriticalInternal Errorofficial confidence
Internal logic error in SQLite
Production Risk
Critical — close and reopen the database; restart the process.
What this means
SQLITE_INTERNAL (2) indicates an internal consistency check failed within the SQLite library itself. This should never occur in a correctly compiled SQLite build and almost certainly indicates a bug in SQLite or severe memory corruption.
Why it happens
- 1Bug in the SQLite library itself.
- 2Memory corruption caused by another part of the application.
- 3Mismatched SQLite header and library versions.
How to reproduce
Extremely rare. May appear in fuzzing or if the SQLite amalgamation was compiled incorrectly.
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
# Not normally reproducible in user code # If seen, file a bug at https://sqlite.org/forum/
expected output
sqlite3.OperationalError or OperationalError with message referencing internal error.
Fix 1
Fix 2
Fix 3
What not to do
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Sources
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