# Fixing SQLite Database Locks in Spring Boot with Connection and Transaction Configuration

DevFeed: [Fixing SQLite Database Locks in Spring Boot with Connection and Transaction Configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-fixed-sqlite-database-locks-in-spring-boot-and-got-a-5x-performance-boost-38750.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.paleblueapps.com/rockandnull/spring-boot-sqlite-locking-fix/>)

Author: Anil Kumar Beesetti

Published: 2026-01-30T10:36:55Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Rock and Null](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rock-and-null.md>)

Topics: [Spring Boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spring-boot.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [locking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/locking.md>), [jpa](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jpa.md>), [optimize](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimize.md>)

Tags: [hikaricp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hikaricp.md>), [jpa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jpa.md>), [locking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/locking.md>), [locks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/locks.md>), [optimize](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimize.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [spring-boot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spring-boot.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how a Spring Boot application using SQLite experienced intermittent database locks and request failures. It attributes the issue to connection pooling and lifecycle settings, then describes configuring HikariCP for a single connection, tightening connection management, enabling leak detection, disabling Open-in-View, and controlling transactions manually. In the reported k6 load test, throughput increased from 1,736 to 11,381 requests in five minutes, success rate rose from 76% to 99%, and failed requests fell from 411 to 1.

## Source excerpt

Struggling with intermittent database locks in your Spring Boot and SQLite setup? Learn the specific HikariCP and JPA configurations we used to eliminate production hangs and increase throughput by 6.5x.