fix(cli): handle sqlite lock errors

.changeset/quiet-sqlite-lock-errors.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@kilocode/cli": patch
+---
+
+Show a concise retryable message when concurrent Kilo processes temporarily lock the SQLite database instead of printing the full server error trace.

packages/opencode/src/kilocode/database/sqlite-error.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { isSqlError } from "effect/unstable/sql/SqlError"
+
+export const busyMessage = "Database is busy. Please try again in a moment."
+
+export function isBusy(error: unknown) {
+  return isSqlError(error) && error.reason._tag === "LockTimeoutError"
+}

packages/opencode/src/server/routes/instance/httpapi/handlers/session.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Image } from "@/image/image" // kilocode_change - classify user image validation defects
+import { busyMessage, isBusy } from "@/kilocode/database/sqlite-error" // kilocode_change
 import { KiloSessionHttpApi } from "@/kilocode/server/httpapi/session-fork" // kilocode_change
 import { BlockedError as AgentRequirementError } from "@/kilocode/agent-requirements" // kilocode_change
 import { KiloSessionPromptQueue } from "@/kilocode/session/prompt-queue" // kilocode_change
@@ -322,13 +323,21 @@ export const sessionHandlers = HttpApiBuilder.group(InstanceHttpApi, "session",
           Effect.catchCause((cause) => {
             if (Cause.hasInterruptsOnly(cause)) return Effect.void // kilocode_change - Stop is not an error
             return Effect.gen(function* () {
-              yield* Effect.logError("prompt_async failed", { sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID, cause })
               const error = Cause.squash(cause)
+              // kilocode_change start - keep SQLite lock failures out of local CLI logs
+              const busy = isBusy(error)
+              if (busy) {
+                yield* Effect.logWarning("prompt_async database busy", { sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID })
+              }
+              if (!busy) yield* Effect.logError("prompt_async failed", { sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID, cause })
+              // kilocode_change end
               yield* events.publish(Session.Event.Error, {
                 sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID,
                 error: AgentRequirementError.isInstance(error)
                   ? error.toObject()
-                  : new NamedError.Unknown({ message: Cause.pretty(cause) }).toObject(),
+                  : busy // kilocode_change
+                    ? new NamedError.Unknown({ message: busyMessage }).toObject() // kilocode_change
+                    : new NamedError.Unknown({ message: Cause.pretty(cause) }).toObject(), // kilocode_change
               })
             })
           }),

packages/opencode/src/server/routes/instance/httpapi/middleware/error.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { NamedError } from "@opencode-ai/core/util/error"
 import { ConfigErrorV1 } from "@opencode-ai/core/v1/config/error"
+import { busyMessage, isBusy } from "@/kilocode/database/sqlite-error" // kilocode_change
 import { Cause, Effect } from "effect"
 import { HttpRouter, HttpServerError, HttpServerRespondable, HttpServerResponse } from "effect/unstable/http"
 
@@ -16,6 +17,19 @@ export const errorLayer = HttpRouter.middleware<{ handles: unknown }>()((effect)
       if (!defect) return Effect.failCause(cause)
 
       const error = defect.defect
+      // kilocode_change start - SQLite lock contention is expected with multiple local clients
+      if (isBusy(error)) {
+        const ref = `err_${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`
+        return Effect.logWarning("database busy", { ref }).pipe(
+          Effect.as(
+            HttpServerResponse.jsonUnsafe(
+              new NamedError.Unknown({ message: busyMessage, ref }).toObject(),
+              { status: 503 },
+            ),
+          ),
+        )
+      }
+      // kilocode_change end
       if (
         ConfigErrorV1.JsonError.isInstance(error) ||
         ConfigErrorV1.InvalidError.isInstance(error) ||

packages/opencode/test/kilocode/database/sqlite-error.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { LockTimeoutError, SqlError, UnknownError } from "effect/unstable/sql/SqlError"
+import { busyMessage, isBusy } from "@/kilocode/database/sqlite-error"
+
+describe("SQLite errors", () => {
+  test("recognizes lock timeouts as busy database errors", () => {
+    const error = new SqlError({
+      reason: new LockTimeoutError({
+        cause: new Error("database is locked"),
+        message: "Failed to execute statement",
+        operation: "execute",
+      }),
+    })
+
+    expect(isBusy(error)).toBe(true)
+    expect(busyMessage).toBe("Database is busy. Please try again in a moment.")
+  })
+
+  test("does not classify other SQLite errors as busy", () => {
+    const error = new SqlError({
+      reason: new UnknownError({
+        cause: new Error("constraint failed"),
+        message: "Failed to execute statement",
+        operation: "execute",
+      }),
+    })
+
+    expect(isBusy(error)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})