{"record":{"id":"fedaa4e50e0993d4","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"error-occurred-while-accessing-session-file-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error occurred while accessing session file '%s' ('%s'). If the problem persists please rerun with '--flush-session'","messagePattern":"error occurred while accessing session file '(.+?)' \\('(.+?)'\\)\\. If the problem persists please rerun with '--flush-session'","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapConnectionException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/utils/hashdb.py","lineNumber":124,"sourceCode":"\n            if retVal is None:\n                retVal = self._read_cache.get(hash_)\n\n            if retVal is None:\n                for _ in xrange(HASHDB_RETRIEVE_RETRIES):\n                    try:\n                        for row in self.cursor.execute(\"SELECT value FROM storage WHERE id=?\", (hash_,)):\n                            retVal = row[0]\n                    except (sqlite3.OperationalError, sqlite3.DatabaseError) as ex:\n                        if any(_ in getSafeExString(ex) for _ in (\"locked\", \"no such table\")):\n                            warnMsg = \"problem occurred while accessing session file '%s' ('%s')\" % (self.filepath, getSafeExString(ex))\n                            singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)\n                        elif \"Could not decode\" in getSafeExString(ex):\n                            break\n                        else:\n                            errMsg = \"error occurred while accessing session file '%s' ('%s'). \" % (self.filepath, getSafeExString(ex))\n                            errMsg += \"If the problem persists please rerun with '--flush-session'\"\n                            raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)\n                    else:\n                        break\n\n                    time.sleep(1)\n\n                if retVal is not None:\n                    self._read_cache[hash_] = retVal\n\n        if retVal and unserialize:\n            try:\n                retVal = unserializeObject(retVal)\n            except:\n                retVal = None\n                warnMsg = \"error occurred while unserializing value for session key '%s'. \" % key\n                warnMsg += \"If the problem persists please rerun with '--flush-session'\"\n                logger.warning(warnMsg)\n\n        return retVal","sourceCodeStart":106,"sourceCodeEnd":142,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/utils/hashdb.py#L106-L142","documentation":"Error \"error occurred while accessing session file '%s' ('%s'). If the problem persists please rerun with '--flush-session'\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/utils/hashdb.py:124 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}