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This is an alternative approach to #494. It keeps the same randomized storage design, but delegates coordination to SQLite's VFS and locking protocol through a dedicated SQLite database.

This PR adds randomized storage for SQLite databases as an additional layer of protection against direct web access.

  • Randomized paths: New managed databases are stored in a directory generated from 128 bits of randomness.
  • Portable discovery: db-path.php records the database location relative to the managed database root.
  • SQLite-backed locking: Setup and maintenance are coordinated through a dedicated SQLite locking database.
  • Database isolation: Maintenance also acquires an exclusive lock on an existing database before changing it.
  • Automatic migration: Existing .ht.sqlite and .ht.sqlite.php databases are moved to the randomized layout.
  • Explicit path compatibility: User-configured database paths and :memory: continue to work unchanged.
  • Retryable setup: Another request can complete setup after an interruption.
  • Safer failures: Filesystem errors do not expose the randomized database path.

Managed storage

When no explicit database path is configured, the default layout is:

wp-content/
└── database/
    ├── .htaccess
    ├── index.php
    ├── .ht.sqlite.lock
    ├── db-path.php
    └── .ht.<32-hex-char-random-key>/
        ├── .htaccess
        ├── index.php
        └── .ht.sqlite

The db-path.php file returns the database location using __DIR__, so copying or moving the complete database directory keeps the reference valid. If setup is interrupted after the path is published, another request can finish creating the protected directory and database.

Storage locking

The storage implements a locking mechanism for initialization and maintenance. Locking uses a dedicated empty SQLite database and a maintenance file:

  1. An exclusive lock is acquired on the locking database at ".ht.sqlite.lock".
  2. A maintenance marker file is created at ".ht.sqlite.maintenance":
    • When requests see the file, they use the locking database.
    • Its absence provides a fast path for normal traffic.
  3. When the lock is released, the maintenance file is automatically removed.

Legacy migration

Migration is serialized across concurrent requests. Before moving a legacy database, the storage manager checkpoints WAL data, switches to DELETE journal mode, and acquires an exclusive SQLite lock. If the database remains busy or migration otherwise fails, the original database file stays in place.

Why

A SQLite database at a predictable location under the document root may be served directly when the web server does not honor .htaccess or equivalent denial rules. The randomized directory makes accidental exposure substantially harder while retaining a stable discovery mechanism for WordPress and external tools.

This is an additional safeguard, not a replacement for private storage. Keeping the database outside the document root or configuring the web server to deny access remains the strongest protection.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added managed SQLite storage with randomized and in-memory database locations.
    • Added support for migrating existing SQLite databases.
    • Improved database protection and concurrent-access handling, including stale-lock recovery.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of database initialization failures with clearer failure responses.
    • Added safeguards for invalid database paths and storage-operation failures.
    • Improved cleanup of WordPress database files during test environment resets.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for initialization, migration, permissions, locking, concurrency, recovery, and in-memory databases.

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The plugin adds managed SQLite storage with randomized paths, legacy migration, protected files, exclusive locking, maintenance recovery, and initialization error handling. Composer cleanup removes the managed database directory, and PHPUnit tests cover storage lifecycle, concurrency, permissions, and failures.

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SQLite storage lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Managed storage initialization
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-storage.php
WP_SQLite_Storage manages explicit, in-memory, and randomized database paths. It migrates legacy files, publishes paths atomically, creates protected directories and files, and validates filesystem failures.
Maintenance and database locking
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-storage.php
The storage manager adds maintenance markers, dedicated SQLite lock databases, exclusive database transactions, timeout handling, stale-lock recovery, and unlock cleanup.
Bootstrap and cleanup integration
packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/constants.php, packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/db.php, composer.json
SQLite bootstrap now initializes managed storage and derives FQDB. Composer scripts remove the managed database directory.
Storage lifecycle validation
tests/phpunit/WP_SQLite_Storage_Test.php
PHPUnit tests cover initialization, migration, locking, concurrency, permissions, path recovery, subprocess behavior, failure handling, and cleanup.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SQLiteBootstrap as SQLite bootstrap
  participant Storage as WP_SQLite_Storage
  participant PathFile as Managed path file
  participant Database as SQLite database
  SQLiteBootstrap->>Storage: initialize()
  Storage->>PathFile: recover or publish database path
  Storage->>Database: create, migrate, or open database
  Storage-->>SQLiteBootstrap: return database path
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Initialization failures can expose the randomized database location to log readers. Log only the sanitized outer error before merging.

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- Around line 509-514: In the PDOException retry catch block of lock(), guard
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if ( defined( 'Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS' ) ) {
$pdo_options[ Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS ] = Pdo\Sqlite::OPEN_READWRITE;
} elseif ( defined( 'PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS' ) ) {
$pdo_options[ PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS ] = PDO::SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE;
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The constant PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS and its corresponding Pdo\Sqlite class constant were introduced in PHP 7.3.0 [1]. These constants allow developers to configure SQLite database connection flags, such as SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, and SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE [2][1]. While historically accessed via the PDO class (e.g., PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS), recent PHP versions have introduced a specific Pdo\Sqlite class to encapsulate SQLite-specific functionality and constants [3][4]. Summary of availability: - PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS (and related flags like SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY): Available since PHP 7.3.0 [1]. - Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS: Part of the Pdo\Sqlite class introduced to provide a more structured approach to SQLite driver constants [3][5]. The Pdo\Sqlite class itself and these namespaced constants are available in modern PHP versions, including PHP 8.4 [4]. In practice, PDO::SQLITE_ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS and Pdo\Sqlite::ATTR_OPEN_FLAGS refer to the same underlying configuration option for the SQLite PDO driver [5]. Using the Pdo\Sqlite namespace is the recommended modern practice for accessing these constants [3][4].

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Preserve no-create semantics on PHP 7.2. PHP 7.2 skips both open-flag branches. If another process removes the database after lock() checks is_file(), new PDO( 'sqlite:' . $database_path, ..., $pdo_options ) uses PDO_SQLITE’s default create behavior and can create an empty database. Add a PHP 7.2-compatible path that fails when the database is missing.

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This is a valid edge case on PHP 7.2. There is no simple fix, and I think it's OK to accept this.

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@JanJakes, acknowledged. The PHP 7.2 race condition remains possible if the database file is removed between the is_file() check and the PDO connection. Accepting this edge case is reasonable given the lack of a simple compatible fix.

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if ( ! @is_file( $database_path ) ) {
// Create an empty database file with restricted permissions.
$database_handle = @fopen( $database_path, 'c' );

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This isn't atomic, right? Could we get an exclusive lock to avoid multiple requests getting here at the same time?

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Well, actually it doesn't seem to matter here. 'c' won't damage the file.

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@adamziel Right, 'c' won’t truncate an existing file. Multiple requests can reach this step, but the later BEGIN EXCLUSIVE call allows only one process to hold the storage lock at a time.

function_exists( 'opcache_invalidate' )
&& ( ! $opcache_restrict_api || ( $script_filename && 0 === stripos( $script_filename, $opcache_restrict_api ) ) )
) {
opcache_invalidate( $this->database_path_file, true );

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nice

$this->move_legacy_database( $legacy_path, $database_path );
} else {
$this->ensure_database( $database_path );
$this->lock();

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wait, aren't we already holding the lock? there's a lock() call a bit earlier in this method

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@adamziel This is only needed in a special case when the caller locked the storage before calling initialize() and expects it to remain locked afterwards. If the WordPress database doesn't exist yet, we'll only hold the storage lock (the special .ht.sqlite.lock database), but not the actual WordPress database lock.

This is the scenario:

$storage->lock();       // Database doesn't exist yet; locks storage only.
$storage->initialize(); // Creates the database and must lock it too (the second lock() call).
// Continue maintenance with both locks held.
$storage->unlock();

I can make the second call conditional on $was_locked and add a comment explaining this edge case.

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Yeah, let's add a comment. Thank you!

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Releasing the database lock before rename() leaves a window where an older WordPress request can save a post into .ht.sqlite-wal. We then move only .ht.sqlite, leaving that saved change behind.

The maintenance marker does not protect us from requests already running the old plugin code.

I reproduced this by pausing between unlocking and renaming. Another process committed a row during that pause. Migration failed to lock the moved database, but the next initialization succeeded with the row missing. The old WAL file was still at the original location.

Can we keep the legacy database in place until old requests have finished and can no longer open that path? I don’t think we should automatically move it while this can leave successfully saved changes behind.

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Releasing the database lock before rename() leaves a window where an older WordPress request can save a post into .ht.sqlite-wal. We then move only .ht.sqlite, leaving that saved change behind.

@adamziel Yes, in the migration path, there is a very narrow edge case where this could happen, but I'm not sure how likely it is in real-world scenarios. It seems to me there is no straightforward way to address it, because the connection must be closed so that the rename works in all environments.

Can we keep the legacy database in place until old requests have finished and can no longer open that path? I don’t think we should automatically move it while this can leave successfully saved changes behind.

I’m not sure how we can establish that all old requests have finished and can no longer open the legacy path. Do you have a solution in mind? Alternatively, should we first release the randomized storage just for new databases (in 3.1) and only later handle the migration path (e.g., in 3.2)? That would at least handle the portion of users who update regularly.

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I’m not sure how we can establish that all old requests have finished and can no longer open the legacy path

Maybe a shared/exclusive flock()? In any case I think you right, maybe we don't need to address that.

Clarify that the second call locks the newly created database so callers can retain both locks for ongoing maintenance. Keep the locking behavior unchanged.

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🟠 Major · Keep legacy-path writers quiescent through the rename. · class-wp-sqlite-storage.php:372-399

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Keep legacy-path writers quiescent through the rename. move_legacy_database() clears only database_lock_connection; the storage lock remains held. However, the older WP_SQLite_DB path opens FQDB directly and does not observe .ht.sqlite.maintenance. It can write after the exclusive database lock is cleared and before rename(). Because the migration moves only .ht.sqlite, a write committed to the legacy WAL can remain outside the managed database and be lost. Extend coordination to legacy-path connections, or defer migration until those connections close.

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In
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WP_SQLite_DB writers quiescent until after the rename completes, not just by
clearing database_lock_connection. Extend the existing coordination to close or
block connections that open the legacy database directly, or defer migration
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Handle FQDB = ':memory:' in the health check. When the bootstrap retains FQDB as ':memory:', the health check passes that token to filesize() as a filesystem path. filesize() cannot stat this non-filesystem database, so the health check can emit a warning and produce an invalid database-size result. Return an appropriate in-memory size value or skip the filesystem-size lookup for this configuration. This is separate from the migration race.

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- Around line 372-399: Update move_legacy_database() to keep all legacy-path
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clearing database_lock_connection. Extend the existing coordination to close or
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until those connections have closed; preserve the existing rename and
managed-path lock behavior.

In `@packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/db.php`:
- Around line 49-61: Update the SQLite health-check logic to detect when FQDB is
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Use native PHP path trimming so storage and custom DB_DIR settings work before WordPress loads its formatting helpers. Report CLI initialization failures through WP_CLI::error(), since wp_die() also depends on WordPress bootstrap.

Cover initialization without WordPress helpers and early CLI errors, and remove helper stubs from storage subprocess tests.

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$database_storage = new WP_SQLite_Storage( FQDBDIR, defined( 'FQDB' ) ? FQDB : null );
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sed -n '305,405p' packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-storage.php
rg -n "SQLite database error|database path|random|error_log|RuntimeException|PDOException" packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration tests/phpunit/WP_SQLite_Storage_Test.php

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Repository: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration

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php -d zend.exception_ignore_args=0 -r 'function probe($database_path) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to create the SQLite database file."); } try { probe("/srv/site/database/.ht.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef/.ht.sqlite"); } catch (Throwable $exception) { echo (string) $exception; }'
printf '%s\n' '--- zend.exception_ignore_args=1 ---'
php -d zend.exception_ignore_args=1 -r 'function probe($database_path) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to create the SQLite database file."); } try { probe("/srv/site/database/.ht.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef/.ht.sqlite"); } catch (Throwable $exception) { echo (string) $exception; }'

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Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Log only the outer exception message.

Casting $exception to a string logs its stack trace. With exception arguments enabled and a sufficient zend.exception_string_param_max_len, PHP includes actual string arguments in that trace. A failure in ensure_database( $database_path ) can therefore disclose the randomized managed path. The repository marks this path as secret. The outer storage messages are path-free, so use getMessage() while retaining the full exception in the existing catch scope.

Proposed fix
-	error_log( 'SQLite database error: ' . (string) $exception );
+	error_log( 'SQLite database error: ' . $exception->getMessage() );
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error_log( 'SQLite database error: ' . (string) $exception );
error_log( 'SQLite database error: ' . $exception->getMessage() );
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In `@packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/wp-includes/sqlite/db.php` at
line 53, Update the SQLite error logging in the existing catch scope to append
only $exception->getMessage() instead of casting the exception to a string,
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JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 18, 2026
Use WordPress environment metadata for database paths, sizes, and downloads
in Playground and Personal WP. Share the path lookup between both panels.

Register the metadata writer from a common preload and save at PHP shutdown
so a failing site MU plugin does not prevent database recovery. Support
legacy WordPress through the same writer, and ignore requests without a
WordPress database object.

Verify active custom paths, failed-boot recovery, and legacy metadata.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 18, 2026
Point the CLI guide to database directories and explain randomized and legacy layouts in the export guide. Keep the database directory together when copying a site.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Exclude the managed database directory and renames into or out of it from filesystem sync. Database changes already use SQL sync; copying another site's discovery file or locks can break its local storage.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Use WordPress environment metadata for database paths, sizes, and downloads
in Playground and Personal WP. Share the path lookup between both panels.

Register the metadata writer from a common preload and save at PHP shutdown
so a failing site MU plugin does not prevent database recovery. Support
legacy WordPress through the same writer, and ignore requests without a
WordPress database object.

Verify active custom paths, failed-boot recovery, and legacy metadata.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Point the CLI guide to database directories and explain randomized and legacy layouts in the export guide. Keep the database directory together when copying a site.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Exclude the managed database directory and renames into or out of it from filesystem sync. Database changes already use SQL sync; copying another site's discovery file or locks can break its local storage.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Use WordPress environment metadata for database paths, sizes, and downloads
in Playground and Personal WP. Share the path lookup between both panels.

Register the metadata writer from a common preload and save at PHP shutdown
so a failing site MU plugin does not prevent database recovery. Support
legacy WordPress through the same writer, and ignore requests without a
WordPress database object.

Verify active custom paths, failed-boot recovery, and legacy metadata.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Point the CLI guide to database directories and explain randomized and legacy layouts in the export guide. Keep the database directory together when copying a site.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Use WordPress environment metadata for database paths, sizes, and downloads
in Playground and Personal WP. Share the path lookup between both panels.

Register the metadata writer from a common preload and save at PHP shutdown
so a failing site MU plugin does not prevent database recovery. Support
legacy WordPress through the same writer, and ignore requests without a
WordPress database object.

Verify active custom paths, failed-boot recovery, and legacy metadata.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Point the CLI guide to database directories and explain randomized and legacy layouts in the export guide. Keep the database directory together when copying a site.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Use WordPress environment metadata for database paths, sizes, and downloads
in Playground and Personal WP. Share the path lookup between both panels.

Register the metadata writer from a common preload and save at PHP shutdown
so a failing site MU plugin does not prevent database recovery. Support
legacy WordPress through the same writer, and ignore requests without a
WordPress database object.

Verify active custom paths, failed-boot recovery, and legacy metadata.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
Point the CLI guide to database directories and explain randomized and legacy layouts in the export guide. Keep the database directory together when copying a site.

Related: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to Automattic/wp-cli-sqlite-command that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
Resolve DB_PATH or db-path.php at runtime, retaining FQDB compatibility for
older integration plugin versions. Export and table listing check that the
database exists before opening it. Import uses the configured location and
initializes managed storage only when no location has been recorded.

Keep storage initialization out of the plugin loader and cover the storage
behavior with Behat scenarios.

WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to WordPress/wordpress-playground that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
## Motivation for the change, related issues

The SQLite integration is adding [randomized database
directories](WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502)
and Playground currently assumes a fixed `.ht.sqlite` path. This PR adds
support for the new randomized storage while keeping compatibility with
the existing storage as well.

## Implementation details

Playground already writes the runtime SQLite database path to
`wp-env.php`, but some changes and improvements are still needed. The
changes cover:

- **DB panel:** Use the active database path from `wp-env.php` for the
database panels and downloads.
- **Docs:** Update the documentation to describe database directories
and portable discovery files.
- **Personal WP:** Recognize saved Personal WP sites through
`db-path.php`, with the existing `.ht.sqlite` fallback.
- **Legacy WP improvements:** Write database metadata in a shutdown
handler to preserve metadata after plugin failures and support legacy
WP.
- **Forward compatibility:** Prefer `DB_PATH` in database metadata, with
`FQDB` as a fallback.
- **Personal WP fix:** Read database size without loading the whole
file.

Adminer and phpMyAdmin already read `wp-env.php`, so their database
adapters need no changes.

## Testing Instructions (or ideally a Blueprint)

Have your agent use a SQLite integration build from the linked PR. Check
the database panel path, size, and download; edit data through Adminer
and phpMyAdmin; save and reopen a Personal WP site; try legacy WP.

See: WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502

<!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai
-->
## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Improvements**
* Database information now reflects the actual SQLite database location
and size, including sites that use a randomized database path.
* Database downloads use the detected database file rather than a fixed
location.
* Sites using either the newer database path file or the legacy
`.ht.sqlite` file can be recognized.
* **Documentation**
* Updated export guidance to explain which database files to copy and
how to find hidden files.
* Clarified that CLI persistence paths refer to the database directory.
<!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
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JanJakes added a commit to Automattic/wp-cli-sqlite-command that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
Resolve DB_PATH or db-path.php at runtime, retaining FQDB compatibility for
older integration plugin versions. Export and table listing check that the
database exists before opening it. Import uses the configured location and
initializes managed storage only when no location has been recorded.

Keep storage initialization out of the plugin loader and cover the storage
behavior with Behat scenarios.

WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit to Automattic/wp-cli-sqlite-command that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
Resolve DB_PATH or db-path.php at runtime, retaining FQDB compatibility for
older integration plugin versions. Export and table listing check that the
database exists before opening it. Import uses the configured location and
initializes managed storage only when no location has been recorded.

Keep storage initialization out of the plugin loader and cover the storage
behavior with Behat scenarios.

WordPress/sqlite-database-integration#502
JanJakes added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
Use DB_PATH for storage initialization, database connections, installation,
and Site Health. Place storage locks beside the configured database.

Reject DB_PATH combined with DB_DIR, DB_FILE, FQDBDIR, or FQDB. Keep legacy
settings when DB_PATH is absent and deprecate the older constants.

Validate explicit database paths in WP_SQLite_Storage before any file
operations. Require an absolute filesystem path or :memory:.

Cover mixed settings, managed defaults, legacy settings, in-memory databases,
and invalid path values.

#502
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