Tailscale fixes 16‑year‑old SQLite WAL reset bug behind recurring DB corruption
Tailscale discovered that repeated database corruption in its control plane was due to a 16‑year‑old bug in SQLite’s write‑ahead‑log reset logic. After 19 incidents over six months, they traced, patched, and contributed a fix, highlighting that even mature libraries can harbor hidden flaws that affect production services.