From b754b4a295ba8011f4a2f522b15c29bd39dbd53b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jianmin Zhao <jianmin.zhao@couchbase.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:46:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] CBL-8593: Exclusive transaction in SQLiteDataFile to begin in
 IMMEDIATE mode.

---
 LiteCore/Storage/SQLiteDataFile.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LiteCore/Storage/SQLiteDataFile.cc b/LiteCore/Storage/SQLiteDataFile.cc
index 190f7f767..37d6918fa 100644
--- a/LiteCore/Storage/SQLiteDataFile.cc
+++ b/LiteCore/Storage/SQLiteDataFile.cc
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ namespace litecore {
 
     void SQLiteDataFile::_beginTransaction(ExclusiveTransaction*) {
         checkOpen();
-        _exec("BEGIN");
+        _exec("BEGIN IMMEDIATE");
     }
 
     void SQLiteDataFile::_endTransaction(ExclusiveTransaction* t, bool commit) {