From 8d6971ecc95629ccda16f5833e7ee013ea5eb378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:34:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(test): prevent SQLite worker teardown crashes (#114567)

---
 test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts           | 4 ++++
 test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
index 08ce948ee456..d3b9071f56f9 100644
--- a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ describe("scoped vitest configs", () => {
     expectForkedIsolatedRunner(defaultInfraConfig);
   });
 
+  it("keeps native SQLite runtime config tests in forked workers", () => {
+    expectForkedNonIsolatedRunner(defaultRuntimeConfig);
+  });
+
   it("keeps process, runtime config, and tooling lanes off the openclaw runtime setup", () => {
     expect(normalizeConfigPaths(requireTestConfig(defaultProcessConfig).setupFiles)).toEqual([
       "test/setup.ts",
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts b/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
index c09b97f0653b..c96900c064d3 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export function createRuntimeConfigVitestConfig(env?: Record<string, string | un
     includeOpenClawRuntimeSetup: false,
     name: "runtime-config",
     passWithNoTests: true,
+    // Native SQLite handles can abort V8 when threaded workers tear down.
+    // Forks keep database lifetimes inside a disposable process.
+    pool: "forks",
   });
   return {
     ...config,