Fix failed db.execute() write leaves a phantom transaction open

Refs https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/769#issuecomment-4900034150
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Simon Willison 2026-07-06 21:19:20 -07:00
commit 7d86118168
3 changed files with 54 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -258,6 +258,47 @@ def test_execute_comment_prefixed_begin_leaves_transaction_open(fresh_db):
assert [r["id"] for r in fresh_db["t"].rows] == [1]
def test_execute_failed_write_rolls_back_implicit_transaction(tmpdir):
# A failed write must not leave the driver's implicit transaction open -
# that would silently disable auto-commit for every subsequent write
path = str(tmpdir / "test.db")
db = Database(path)
db["t"].insert({"id": 1}, pk="id")
with pytest.raises(sqlite3.IntegrityError):
db.execute("insert into t (id) values (1)")
assert not db.conn.in_transaction
# Subsequent writes commit as normal and survive closing the connection
db["other"].insert({"id": 2})
db.close()
db2 = Database(path)
assert db2["other"].exists()
db2.close()
def test_execute_failed_write_preserves_explicit_transaction(fresh_db):
# A failed write inside an explicit transaction must not roll back
# the caller's earlier work - only the caller decides that
fresh_db["t"].insert({"id": 1}, pk="id")
fresh_db.begin()
fresh_db.execute("insert into t (id) values (2)")
with pytest.raises(sqlite3.IntegrityError):
fresh_db.execute("insert into t (id) values (1)")
assert fresh_db.conn.in_transaction
fresh_db.commit()
assert [r["id"] for r in fresh_db["t"].rows] == [1, 2]
def test_execute_failed_write_inside_atomic_preserves_block(fresh_db):
# A caught failure inside an atomic() block must leave the block's
# transaction open so its other work still commits
fresh_db["t"].insert({"id": 1}, pk="id")
with fresh_db.atomic():
fresh_db.execute("insert into t (id) values (2)")
with pytest.raises(sqlite3.IntegrityError):
fresh_db.execute("insert into t (id) values (1)")
assert [r["id"] for r in fresh_db["t"].rows] == [1, 2]
def test_query_returning_commits_after_iteration(tmpdir):
if sqlite3.sqlite_version_info < (3, 35, 0):
import pytest as _pytest