OperationalError: locking protocol on trying to access a database which is being written

[davguy]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Create a sqlite3 database for a qcodes experiment in jupyter lab
2. run 'load_or_create_experiment'
3. start a new measurement
4. run 'load_by_run_spec' on this, or an older measurement in another jupyter lab

Expected behaviour

One should be able to read a database which is being written. For example, for live plotting

Actual behaviour

I get a "OperationalError: locking protocol" error. The sqlite database is not letting me in.

System

operating system
Windows subsystem for linux: Ubuntu

qcodes branch
master

qcodes commit
Merge pull request #2066 from WilliamHPNielsen/remove_slave_master_refs

[jenshnielsen]

I cannot reproduce this issue. For example #2062 containst 2 notebooks that I have just run simultaiously. One writes to the database and the other one reads.

It seems likely that your issue is related to WSL see for example microsoft/WSL#2395
Is there any particular reason you are using WSL?

[jenshnielsen]

It seems like this is specific to wsl and there is not a lot we can do to fix that