[BUG] Tool dies, unable to open the SQLite DB, when run inside a Docker container
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 2, 2025 by ianchesal Closed May 2, 2025
Environment
- Platform (select one):
- [X] Anthropic API
- [ ] AWS Bedrock
- [ ] Google Vertex AI
- [ ] Other: <!-- specify -->
- Claude CLI version: 0.2.99
- Operating System: Debian 12.10
- Terminal: Kitty
Bug Description
Note: I am running Claude CLI in a Debian Docker container. This has been a problem since the 0.2.91 release. It's not a problem up to 0.2.90.
I really just need to know where on the image it's trying to create the SQLite DB so I can adjust the container settings to make that path writeable by the user in the container.
Steps to Reproduce
- Build Claude in to a container using this Dockerfile and the command
docker build --no-cache -t claude-code -f claude-code/Dockerfile claude-code - Make sure you have a
~/.config/claude/claude.jsonfile. It can be empty. - Run the container against in any source code repo directory with:
docker run -it --rm -v ${HOME}/.config/claude/claude.json:/home/codeuser/.claude.json:rw -v $(pwd):/app:rw claude-code - Ask the tool:
what rules are you following?
Expected Behavior
It prints out the rules it is following.
Actual Behavior
It dies complaining that it cannot open the SQLite DB:
Failed to open conversation storage. Attempting to repair.
This may take a moment.
Dependency successfully repaired.
SqliteError: unable to open database file
at new Database (/home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:69:26)
at xh0 (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:532:25079)
at file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:532:25709
at D (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:505:12907)
at dh0 (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:532:26711)
at m51 (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:549:885)
at file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2028:1982
at KG (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:21373)
at $B (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:40823)
at aV (file:///home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:34912) {
code: 'SQLITE_CANTOPEN'
}
ERROR unable to open database file
/home/codeuser/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:69:26
66: }
67:
68: Object.defineProperties(this, {
69: [util.cppdb]: { value: new addon.Database(filename, filenameGiven, anonymous, readonly, fileMustExist, timeout, verbose || null, buffer || null) },
70: ...wrappers.getters,
71: });
72: }
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