Jepsen finds 96 issues in Orkes's ParticleDB 1.1.4
The gist
Jepsen's analysis of ParticleDB 1.1.4 found 96 issues, most needing no faults to trigger.
Orkes says its 1.1.19-rc.13 fixes them all; Jepsen urges users to migrate away.
How it unfolded
- May–Jul 2026The ParticleDB download page offered at least versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-18, all of which exhibited serious safety errors.
- Oct 31, 2026Jepsen publishes its analysis of ParticleDB 1.1.4, testing versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-22 and finding 96 issues; most required a single server, single client and no faults.
- Oct 31, 2026Jepsen reports ParticleDB continued to lose committed writes in the default occ transaction mode and allowed internal anomalies and Lost Update with serializable; by 1.1.18.11.rc-22 all but ten issues appeared resolved.