SQLITE_ABORTWARNINGTier 2 — Caution⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceCallback routine requested an abort
🔴 Production Risk Error
Medium — statements must be retried or the transaction redesigned.
What this means
SQLITE_ABORT (4) is returned when an operation was aborted before completing. Commonly seen when a ROLLBACK is executed while a read is in progress, or when sqlite3_exec() callback returns non-zero.
Why it happens
- 1sqlite3_exec() callback returned non-zero, requesting abort.
- 2ROLLBACK issued while a prepared statement was active.
- 3sqlite3_interrupt() called from another thread.
How to reproduce
Multi-statement exec callbacks, or concurrent rollback during active read.
import sqlite3
conn = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
conn.execute('CREATE TABLE t(x)')
conn.execute('INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)')
# Abort extended code also appears after ROLLBACK during active SELECTFix 1
Why this works
Ensure all prepared statements are finalised (closed) before issuing ROLLBACK.
Fix 2
Why this works
Use savepoints (SAVEPOINT / ROLLBACK TO) for partial rollback without invalidating other statements.
Fix 3
Why this works
In exec callbacks, return 0 to continue or 1 to abort intentionally.
What not to do
Why it's wrong:
Dangerous variant
⚠️ Warning
SQLITE_ABORT_ROLLBACK (516) — statement aborted because transaction was rolled back.
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#abort
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_ABORT = 4
📖 Further reading: SQLite transactions
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable.
See also
🔗 Related errors
📄 Reference pages