SQLITE_IOERR_DIR_FSYNCFATALTier 3 — Handle with care⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceI/O error syncing the journal directory
Category: I/O ErrorVersions: 3.0+
🔴 Production Risk Error
Critical — journal durability cannot be guaranteed.
What this means
SQLITE_IOERR_DIR_FSYNC (1290) is returned when an fsync() of the directory containing the database file fails. SQLite syncs the directory to ensure new journal files are durably visible.
Why it happens
- 1Hardware failure during directory fsync.
- 2Filesystem or OS not supporting directory fsync.
How to reproduce
Transaction commit when the directory containing the database cannot be fsynced.
trigger — this will ERROR
# Appears as disk I/O error during COMMIT on affected systemssqlite3.DatabaseError: disk I/O error
Fix 1
Why this works
Check disk health with SMART diagnostics.
Fix 2
Why this works
Use a filesystem and OS that supports directory fsync.
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#ioerr_dir_fsync
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_IOERR_DIR_FSYNC = 1290
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable.
See also
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