SQLITE_OK_SYMLINKSUCCESSTier 1 — Safe⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceFile is a symlink (success with note)
Category: File AccessVersions: 3.31.0+
🔴 Production Risk Error
None — success code.
What this means
SQLITE_OK_SYMLINK (512) is returned by the xGetSystemCall VFS method to indicate that the database path is a symbolic link but the open was permitted (SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW was not set).
Why it happens
- 1Not an error — returned internally to note that the file is a symlink.
How to reproduce
Internal VFS open logic; not normally visible to application code.
trigger — this will ERROR
# SQLITE_OK_SYMLINK is internal — not surfaced to Python/driver level
# It indicates the VFS observed a symlink but allowed itOpen succeeds; no exception raised.
Fix 1
Why this works
No fix needed — this is a success code with an informational note about symlinks.
Version notes
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#ok_symlink
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_OK_SYMLINK = 512
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable.
See also
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