SQLITE_IOERR_CORRUPTFSFATALTier 3 — Handle with care⚠️ MEDIUM confidenceI/O error — filesystem is corrupt
Category: I/O ErrorVersions: 3.35.0+
🔴 Production Risk Error
Critical — filesystem-level corruption; requires fsck and restore.
What this means
SQLITE_IOERR_CORRUPTFS (8458) is returned when an I/O error is detected that is likely due to filesystem corruption rather than a SQLite bug. Available since SQLite 3.35.0.
Why it happens
- 1Filesystem corruption (ext4/NTFS journal corruption).
- 2Power failure without proper journaling.
- 3Failed storage media.
How to reproduce
I/O operations on a filesystem with structural corruption.
trigger — this will ERROR
# Run filesystem check when this error appears:
# umount /dev/sda1 && fsck.ext4 -f /dev/sda1sqlite3.DatabaseError: disk I/O error
Fix 1
Why this works
Unmount and run fsck on the filesystem.
Fix 2
Why this works
Check SMART data for the underlying storage device.
Fix 3
Why this works
Restore data from backup after repairing the filesystem.
Version notes
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.sqlite.org/rescode.html#ioerr_corruptfs
🔧 Source ref: sqlite3.h — SQLITE_IOERR_CORRUPTFS = 8458
Confidence assessment
⚠️ MEDIUM confidence
Stable.
See also
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