From e94e4da90427848ddd455021e43e530b9d7fd794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 13:20:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(database): Enable Write-Ahead Logging for Room DB
 (#4499)

Signed-off-by: James Rich <2199651+jamesarich@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/DatabaseManager.kt | 2 ++
 .../kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/DatabaseManager.kt b/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/DatabaseManager.kt
index 27f1a26fb..3e79a893b 100644
--- a/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/DatabaseManager.kt
+++ b/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/DatabaseManager.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import android.app.Application
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.SharedPreferences
 import androidx.room.Room
+import androidx.room.RoomDatabase
 import co.touchlab.kermit.Logger
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ private fun anonymizeDbName(name: String): String =
 
 private fun buildRoomDb(app: Application, dbName: String): MeshtasticDatabase =
     Room.databaseBuilder(app.applicationContext, MeshtasticDatabase::class.java, dbName)
+        .setJournalMode(RoomDatabase.JournalMode.WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING)
         .fallbackToDestructiveMigration(false)
         .build()
 
diff --git a/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt b/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt
index 786a50ee9..6547d36bd 100644
--- a/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt
+++ b/core/database/src/main/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/database/MeshtasticDatabase.kt
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ abstract class MeshtasticDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
     companion object {
         fun getDatabase(context: Context): MeshtasticDatabase =
             Room.databaseBuilder(context.applicationContext, MeshtasticDatabase::class.java, "meshtastic_database")
+                .setJournalMode(RoomDatabase.JournalMode.WRITE_AHEAD_LOGGING)
                 .fallbackToDestructiveMigration(false)
                 .build()
     }