From 615fc0e6a7db11bcc80f262f0b70c55add190120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 19:42:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Vacuum on own connection to avoid partial commits

---
 app/routers/packets.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/routers/packets.py b/app/routers/packets.py
index 81194fe..b8ad3ff 100644
--- a/app/routers/packets.py
+++ b/app/routers/packets.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import aiosqlite
 from hashlib import sha256
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks
@@ -261,8 +262,9 @@ async def run_maintenance(request: MaintenanceRequest) -> MaintenanceResult:
     deleted = await RawPacketRepository.prune_old_undecrypted(request.prune_undecrypted_days)
     logger.info("Deleted %d old undecrypted packets", deleted)
 
-    # Run VACUUM to reclaim space (must be outside transaction, use executescript)
-    await db.conn.executescript("VACUUM;")
+    # Run VACUUM to reclaim space on a dedicated connection
+    async with aiosqlite.connect(db.db_path) as vacuum_conn:
+        await vacuum_conn.executescript("VACUUM;")
     logger.info("Database vacuumed")
 
     return MaintenanceResult(packets_deleted=deleted, vacuumed=True)