SQLITE_ERROR_RETRYINFOTier 1 — Safe⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceInternal retry signal (not user-facing)
Category: InternalVersions: 3.29.0+
🔴 Production Risk Error
None — internal only.
What this means
SQLITE_ERROR_RETRY (513) is an internal extended code used by SQLite to signal that a prepared statement should be reprepared and retried. It is not returned to application code.
Why it happens
- 1Schema changed between prepare and step; SQLite reprepares automatically.
How to reproduce
Internal use only — SQLite reprepares stale statements.
trigger — this will ERROR
# Not directly visible to application code
# SQLite uses this internally to trigger automatic reprepare on schema changeNot surfaced to application — SQLite handles it internally.
Fix 1
Why this works
No fix needed — this is an internal signal only.
Version notes
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#error_retry
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_ERROR_RETRY = 513
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable — internal use only.
See also
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