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Sync in the OpenTubeX app sometimes fails with SyncServerError: internal database error. On sync.opentubex.org these errors came in bursts of 500 responses that each took almost exactly 30 seconds, which is the SQLite busy_timeout. In each burst, one write transaction held the write lock for 36 to 91 seconds, and every request waiting behind it gave up. In one burst the slow request was a POST /v1/encrypted_sync/history/changes, the endpoint meant to make small history changes cheap.

append_change inserted the change and then updated revision and base_revision on the encrypted_sync row, which also holds the collection's full payload. SQLite has to read a row's whole overflow chain to update any of its columns, and it rewrites the chain when the record size changes, for example when the revision goes from 1 to 2. On the old code, one append of a few bytes to a 1 MiB collection wrote 2.1 MB to the WAL.

Appends now only insert into encrypted_sync_change. The row's revision and base_revision describe its stored payload, and a collection's revision is its newest change above the row's revision, or the row's revision if there is none. Every read selects that revision in the same SQL statement as the row, so PostgreSQL reads both at one snapshot. Existing data needs no migration. Rows that older appends updated already have their newest change as their revision.

Database lock timeouts (SQLite database is locked, PostgreSQL serialization failures) now answer 503 with Retry-After: 30 and "the database is busy; try again shortly" instead of a bare 500. The handlers also log database errors instead of discarding them, so the server log shows what failed.

After deploying this, don't roll back to an older server once it has accepted appends. The old code would not see those changes until the next full upload of each collection.

Proof: a new test fails on the old code (2.1 MB written for one append) and passes with the fix. Another test holds the SQLite write lock and checks for the 503 with Retry-After. I also ran the new PostgreSQL queries against PostgreSQL 18 and checked the returned revisions and column types. cargo test, cargo fmt --check, and cargo clippy --all-targets pass, and clippy also passes for --no-default-features --features postgres.

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Walkthrough

Encrypted-sync revisions now include later change-log entries, while appends leave collection rows unchanged. Database lock and serialization errors map to retryable HTTP 503 responses. Affected handlers route database failures through a shared classifier.

Changes: Encrypted-sync revisions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Derived revision reads src/database/encrypted_sync.rs	Revision listings and collection reads use the latest revision derived from the stored collection row and change log. Read paths distinguish the stored payload revision from the derived latest revision.
Append behavior and validation src/database/encrypted_sync.rs	Append conflict checks use the derived revision. Appends no longer update the collection row. A SQLite test checks WAL write size, revision listings, reads, and stale-append conflicts.

Database busy error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Database error classification and HTTP response src/handlers.rs	Serialization failures and exact SQLite lock errors map to DatabaseBusy, HTTP 503, and Retry-After: 30. Other database errors retain internal-error mappings. A SQLite test checks the busy response.
Encrypted-sync handler mappings src/handlers/encrypted_sync.rs	Encrypted-sync database failures use HandlerError::database. Specific not-found and quota-violation mappings remain.
Other handler mappings src/handlers/{pairing,playlist_bookmarks,playlists,subscriptions,user,watch_history}.rs	Database failures use HandlerError::database or HandlerError::from. Existing control flow and specified outcomes remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• OpenTubeX/sync-server#35: Adds the encrypted change log and establishes its revision semantics, which this PR changes.
• OpenTubeX/sync-server#36: Establishes legacy collection base-revision handling, which relates to this PR's revision and append changes.
• OpenTubeX/sync-server#37: Changes lock acquisition in append_change, the append path whose writes this PR changes.

Suggested reviewers: sourcenix

Merge Risk: Low · up to 85cf2

Some busy responses cannot be retried as directed. The change is mergeable with awareness of these recovery limitations.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to 85cf2

The new revision handling preserves the inspected concurrency controls when all servers use compatible code. However, older servers can accept stale writes and discard pending changes after the upgrade, making coordinated rollout and rollback important. Busy responses also advertise retries for authentication callbacks that require a fresh login flow instead.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · inferred: Application rollback or mixed-version serving can invalidate revision-based lost-update protection. After a head append leaves the payload row unchanged, an older server can accept that row's stale revision, replace the payload, and delete pending changes. This is conditional on incompatible versions accessing the same database, not an observed production incident. The acknowledged rollback restriction and schema downgrade guard do not themselves establish safe application deployment.
• Low · reliability · inferred: The new shared busy response advertises retry after OIDC callback state has already been consumed. Replaying that callback encounters an invalid session rather than resuming authentication, so recovery requires restarting the login flow. The single-use ordering is pre-existing; the new concern is the mismatch between the advertised retry contract and authentication recovery. No authentication bypass or automatic client replay was established.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The conditional stale-write outcome is scoped to the authenticated account and targeted collection. An incompatible deployment sharing a database could expose multiple accounts independently as their requests reach older servers; the inspected path does not provide arbitrary cross-account write authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — The demonstrated integrity failure requires a new append followed by an older writer accepting the unchanged stored revision and replacing the collection. It can occur through ordinary client activity during incompatible serving; no malicious actor, credential gain, or production exploitation was established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The collection upload handler passes the authenticated Account identity separately from client-supplied collection, revision, and payload. Derived-revision SQL correlates both account and collection and binds those values rather than interpolating them.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Same-version sync retry containment relies on transactional writes and post-lock revision checks: repetition cannot silently insert the same revision twice. Authentication recovery has a different lifecycle because OIDC challenge state is single-use, so the common busy response must not be interpreted as a universal replay guarantee.

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Minor · Route the remaining playlist write errors through… · playlists.rs:132-134

src/handlers/playlists.rs:132-134
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Route the remaining playlist write errors through HandlerError::database.

This match arm still builds InternalDatabaseErrorWithContext(err.to_string()) directly. It bypasses is_database_busy. A SQLite lock timeout here returns 500, not 503 with Retry-After. The same bypass exists in update_playlist (Line 178), delete_playlist (Line 197), remove_from_playlist (Line 300) and delete_oidc_account_callback in src/handlers/user.rs (Line 1557).

These are write paths, so they are the most likely to hit lock contention. Clients get inconsistent retry behavior. Replace each arm with .map_err(HandlerError::database). The existing From<diesel::result::Error> impl already handles busy errors, so a plain ? also works.

Proposed fix for `create_playlist`

-    match create_new_playlist(&mut conn, &playlist).await {
-        Ok(playlist) => {
-            let extended_playlist = ExtendedPlaylist::from_playlist(&playlist, 0);
-            Ok(HttpResponse::Created().json(extended_playlist))
-        }
-        Err(err) => Err(HandlerError::InternalDatabaseErrorWithContext(
-            err.to_string(),
-        )),
-    }
+    let playlist = create_new_playlist(&mut conn, &playlist)
+        .await
+        .map_err(HandlerError::database)?;
+    let extended_playlist = ExtendedPlaylist::from_playlist(&playlist, 0);
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Created().json(extended_playlist))

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Review comment at @src/handlers/playlists.rs around lines 132 - 134:
Route database errors from create_playlist, update_playlist, delete_playlist,
remove_from_playlist, and delete_oidc_account_callback through
HandlerError::database instead of constructing InternalDatabaseErrorWithContext
directly. Preserve each handler’s existing success behavior while ensuring write
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Review comments at @src/handlers/playlists.rs:
- Around line 132-134: Route database errors from create_playlist,
update_playlist, delete_playlist, remove_from_playlist, and
delete_oidc_account_callback through HandlerError::database instead of
constructing InternalDatabaseErrorWithContext directly. Preserve each handler’s
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Fixed in 85cf2d2. All 18 handler arms that built InternalDatabaseErrorWithContext(err.to_string()) from a diesel error now use HandlerError::from, including the five you listed and the same pattern in subscriptions.rs, watch_history.rs and user.rs. From maps lock timeouts to the 503 and keeps the existing error text for everything else, so these endpoints answer as before except when the database is busy. session_token still wraps a JWT error, which isn't a database error, so it stays as it was.

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Minor · Make registration atomic before returning a retryable error. · user.rs:358

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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Make registration atomic before returning a retryable error.

If session creation hits a lock after account insertion, cleanup can hit the same lock and leave the account stored. The new 503 asks the client to retry, but that retry returns AccountNameTaken. Create the account and session in one transaction so a failed registration can be retried.

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Review comment at @src/handlers/user.rs at line 358:
Make account insertion and session creation atomic in the registration flow
containing delete_existing_account: perform both within one transaction and
commit only after both succeed, so a session-creation failure rolls back the
account before returning the retryable error. Preserve the existing error
response behavior and use the transaction APIs already established in this
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Minor · Return 503 for PostgreSQL lock timeouts · handlers.rs:176-185

src/handlers.rs:176-185
Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Return 503 for PostgreSQL lock timeouts

When an append waits past a configured PostgreSQL lock_timeout, diesel-async maps the error to Unknown. The classifier returns HTTP 500 without Retry-After, rather than the intended retryable 503. Recognize PostgreSQL lock timeouts as busy errors.

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Review comment at @src/handlers.rs around lines 176 - 185:
Update the error classifier containing this Error match to recognize PostgreSQL
lock-timeout errors represented as Error::Unknown as busy, using the available
error details to distinguish them safely. Preserve the existing
serialization-failure and SQLite lock classifications so PostgreSQL lock
timeouts follow the established retryable 503 response with Retry-After.

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- Line 1457: Update the error response handling after finish_oidc_flow so a busy
database operation does not invite retrying the consumed OIDC callback. Direct
the user to restart the appropriate OIDC flow, or preserve authenticated context
through a safe continuation; ensure deletion restarts through its authenticated
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Review comments at @src/handlers.rs:
- Around line 176-185: Update the error classifier containing this Error match
to recognize PostgreSQL lock-timeout errors represented as Error::Unknown as
busy, using the available error details to distinguish them safely. Preserve the
existing serialization-failure and SQLite lock classifications so PostgreSQL
lock timeouts follow the established retryable 503 response with Retry-After.

Review comments at @src/handlers/user.rs:
- Line 358: Make account insertion and session creation atomic in the
registration flow containing delete_existing_account: perform both within one
transaction and commit only after both succeed, so a session-creation failure
rolls back the account before returning the retryable error. Preserve the
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Not changing the two outside-diff points in this PR:

• Registration at user.rs:358. If the session insert fails after the account insert and the cleanup also fails, the account stays behind. That predates this PR, and a 500 led to the same AccountNameTaken on retry. Making registration one transaction is a separate change.
• PostgreSQL lock timeouts at handlers.rs:176-185. The server never sets lock_timeout, so PostgreSQL waits for locks instead of raising that error. SerializationFailure covers the conflicts this server can hit.