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[Windows] Encrypted file store stale lock should get auto-recovered

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
backend, security

Research direction

The issue does not name specific files or tests. Start by locating the encrypted file store and comparing its Windows lock handling with the Unix recovery strategy; investigate whether delete-on-close addresses stale locks. Done means a stale lock can be recovered on Windows without preventing later processes from using the store.

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Description

The current implementation inside the encrypted file store has an OS file lock to prevent multiple processes from writing to the store. If the lock does not get removed, it could cause UX headache for the user. A recovery strategy is in place on Unix systems, but this does not work on Windows.

There might be an option to mark the file as "delete upon close", which means the lock file wouldn't persist between processes, but it might solve stale locks. We should look into it.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
92
Forks
17
Avg merge
9h 42m
Merged PRs (30d)
24

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