fix(sqlite): serialize interactive transactions in-process to prevent worker thread starvation (#29870) - #30120
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… worker thread starvation (prisma#29870) When concurrent transactions exceed the number of available worker threads, SQLite's synchronous busy-handler occupies all threads in wait loops while the lock-holding transaction's commit cannot obtain a thread to run, leading to engine-wide deadlock and timeout errors. Serializing transaction() execution via an async queue ensures only one transaction executes its critical section at a time without stalling worker threads, maintaining high throughput under concurrent load. Signed-off-by: webdevsamran <webdevsamran@users.noreply.github.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughSQLite interactive transactions now run through a promise queue. The queue preserves transaction-scoped clients, continues after rejected transactions, and prevents concurrent transaction deadlocks. A regression test covers 20 concurrent transactions. ChangesSQLite transaction serialization
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change serializes transactions only within an individual client, so separate clients using the same SQLite database may still contend for the write lock and experience timeouts. This is a concrete availability risk in the intended fix and should be addressed before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Full details: Linked Issues checkExplanation The implementation serializes interactive SQLite transactions through an asynchronous promise queue and adds a regression test for 20 concurrent transactions. This addresses the deadlock, P1008 failure, worker-thread starvation, and responsiveness objectives in [ ✨ Finishing Touches🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)
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In `@packages/3-extensions/sqlite/src/runtime/sqlite.ts`:
- Line 178: Update sqlite() and the transaction queue initialization so clients
targeting the same canonical database identity share one process-local
transactionQueueTail, preserving serialization across separate SqliteDriver
instances and DatabaseSync connections. Use the supplied database path’s
canonical identity as the queue key, while keeping queues isolated for different
databases.
In `@packages/3-extensions/sqlite/test/transaction.test.ts`:
- Around line 100-114: Strengthen the transaction serialization test around the
Promise.allSettled callback by tracking the number of active callbacks across an
await, recording the maximum concurrency, and asserting that it never exceeds
one. Retain the existing fulfillment and exactly-once order assertions, using
the transaction callback in db.transaction as the change point.
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| * because SQLite itself is single-writer; the serialisation just moves the | ||
| * queue from the driver's busy-handler into async/await. | ||
| */ | ||
| let transactionQueueTail: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve(); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Share the transaction queue across clients for the same SQLite database.
sqlite() creates a separate transactionQueueTail and SqliteDriver per client. SqliteDriver.acquireConnection() opens a separate DatabaseSync for the supplied path. Therefore, two clients using the same file can enter BEGIN…COMMIT concurrently and may reintroduce the SQLITE_BUSY/P1008 starvation condition. Key a process-local queue by canonical database identity, or document and test that serialization applies only within one client.
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In `@packages/3-extensions/sqlite/src/runtime/sqlite.ts` at line 178, Update
sqlite() and the transaction queue initialization so clients targeting the same
canonical database identity share one process-local transactionQueueTail,
preserving serialization across separate SqliteDriver instances and DatabaseSync
connections. Use the supplied database path’s canonical identity as the queue
key, while keeping queues isolated for different databases.
| const results = await Promise.allSettled( | ||
| Array.from({ length: N }, (_, i) => | ||
| db.transaction(async () => { | ||
| order.push(i); | ||
| return i * 2; | ||
| }), | ||
| ), | ||
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| // All transactions must have resolved (none rejected). | ||
| const fulfilled = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'fulfilled'); | ||
| expect(fulfilled).toHaveLength(N); | ||
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| // The serialisation guarantee: every transaction ran exactly once. | ||
| expect(order).toHaveLength(N); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert the serialization invariant.
The order length does not show that callbacks ran serially. A non-queued implementation can run all empty callbacks concurrently and still fulfill every promise.
Track active callbacks across an await and assert that the maximum is one.
Proposed test change
- const N = 20; // well above typical libuv thread-pool size (4 by default)
+ const transactionCount = 20;
const order: number[] = [];
+ let activeTransactions = 0;
+ let maxActiveTransactions = 0;
const results = await Promise.allSettled(
- Array.from({ length: N }, (_, i) =>
+ Array.from({ length: transactionCount }, (_, i) =>
db.transaction(async () => {
- order.push(i);
- return i * 2;
+ activeTransactions += 1;
+ maxActiveTransactions = Math.max(maxActiveTransactions, activeTransactions);
+ try {
+ await Promise.resolve();
+ order.push(i);
+ return i * 2;
+ } finally {
+ activeTransactions -= 1;
+ }
}),
),
);
const fulfilled = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'fulfilled');
- expect(fulfilled).toHaveLength(N);
+ expect(fulfilled).toHaveLength(transactionCount);
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| const results = await Promise.allSettled( | |
| Array.from({ length: N }, (_, i) => | |
| db.transaction(async () => { | |
| order.push(i); | |
| return i * 2; | |
| }), | |
| ), | |
| ); | |
| // All transactions must have resolved (none rejected). | |
| const fulfilled = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'fulfilled'); | |
| expect(fulfilled).toHaveLength(N); | |
| // The serialisation guarantee: every transaction ran exactly once. | |
| expect(order).toHaveLength(N); | |
| const transactionCount = 20; | |
| const order: number[] = []; | |
| let activeTransactions = 0; | |
| let maxActiveTransactions = 0; | |
| const results = await Promise.allSettled( | |
| Array.from({ length: transactionCount }, (_, i) => | |
| db.transaction(async () => { | |
| activeTransactions += 1; | |
| maxActiveTransactions = Math.max(maxActiveTransactions, activeTransactions); | |
| try { | |
| await Promise.resolve(); | |
| order.push(i); | |
| return i * 2; | |
| } finally { | |
| activeTransactions -= 1; | |
| } | |
| }), | |
| ), | |
| ); | |
| // All transactions must have resolved (none rejected). | |
| const fulfilled = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'fulfilled'); | |
| expect(fulfilled).toHaveLength(transactionCount); | |
| // The serialisation guarantee: every transaction ran exactly once. | |
| expect(order).toHaveLength(transactionCount); | |
| expect(maxActiveTransactions).toBe(1); |
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In `@packages/3-extensions/sqlite/test/transaction.test.ts` around lines 100 -
114, Strengthen the transaction serialization test around the Promise.allSettled
callback by tracking the number of active callbacks across an await, recording
the maximum concurrency, and asserting that it never exceeds one. Retain the
existing fulfillment and exactly-once order assertions, using the transaction
callback in db.transaction as the change point.
Fixes #29870
Problem
When the number of concurrent interactive transactions on SQLite exceeds available worker threads, SQLite's synchronous busy-handler occupies all worker threads waiting for the write lock. Consequently, the transaction holding the lock cannot obtain a thread to execute its COMMIT, leading to an engine-wide deadlock and P1008 socket timeouts.
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