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PSA: SQLite WAL checksums fail silently and may lose data

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SQLite WAL has checksums, but on corruption it drops all the data and does not raise error

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Databases & Data Security & Privacy 2025

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Jul 24, 2025	PSA: SQLite WAL checksums fail silently and may lose data by avinassh	279	128

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