feat: handle missing, valid, and corrupt databases on startup (#22)

custom_components/nestquest/__init__.py

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 """The NestQuest integration."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import inspect
+import sqlite3
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+from homeassistant.exceptions import ConfigEntryNotReady
 
 from .const import DOMAIN, LOGGER
 from .db import NestQuestDatabase
@@ -16,6 +20,109 @@ from .store import async_get_db_path
 
 _LOGGER = LOGGER
 
+#: SQLite reports "file is not a database" for corruption in every
+#: sqlite3 version this integration targets; the version-specific
+#: "encrypted or malformed" spelling (3.41+) maps to the same failure.
+_CORRUPTION_MARKERS = (
+    "file is not a database",
+    "encrypted or malformed",
+)
+
+
+def _is_corruption_error(error: BaseException) -> bool:
+    """Return True when ``error`` indicates a corrupt database file.
+
+    Matching happens on the message: sqlite3.DatabaseError is the base
+    of several non-corruption errors too (e.g. OperationalError), and
+    only the corruption spellings warrant refusing to open.
+    """
+    message = str(error).lower()
+    return isinstance(error, sqlite3.DatabaseError) and any(
+        marker in message for marker in _CORRUPTION_MARKERS
+    )
+
+async def _async_open_database(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, db_path: Path
+) -> NestQuestDatabase:
+    """Open the NestQuest database, mapping failure modes for setup.
+
+    Three startup cases (Feature 02 done-condition):
+
+    - file missing: SQLite creates it fresh on open — no special path,
+      migrations stamp version 1 on the next step.
+    - file present and valid: opens normally.
+    - file present but corrupt: log an ERROR with the path, close
+      anything opened, and raise ConfigEntryNotReady so HA retries —
+      the file is left byte-for-byte untouched so the owner can
+      restore a backup.  No code path here deletes or overwrites an
+      existing database file.
+
+    Corruption can surface at EITHER stage: a truncated header fails
+    inside open() (the WAL-mode PRAGMA reads the header), while
+    damaged pages fail later, inside migrations.  Both are classified
+    the same way.
+    """
+    try:
+        database = await NestQuestDatabase(hass).open(db_path)
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        raise
+    except sqlite3.DatabaseError as err:
+        if _is_corruption_error(err):
+            _LOGGER.error(
+                "NestQuest database at %s is corrupt: %s. Refusing to "
+                "start with a corrupt database; the file was left "
+                "untouched so a backup can be restored. Home Assistant "
+                "will retry setup.",
+                db_path,
+                err,
+            )
+            raise ConfigEntryNotReady(
+                f"NestQuest database corrupt: {db_path}"
+            ) from err
+        # open() failed for a non-corruption reason (locked file,
+        # permission problem): retryable, but nothing was opened.
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            "NestQuest database at %s failed to open: %s. Home "
+            "Assistant will retry setup.",
+            db_path,
+            err,
+        )
+        raise ConfigEntryNotReady(
+            f"NestQuest database unavailable: {db_path}"
+        ) from err
+    try:
+        await apply_migrations(database)
+    except (sqlite3.DatabaseError, RuntimeError) as err:
+        await database.close()
+        if _is_corruption_error(err):
+            _LOGGER.error(
+                "NestQuest database at %s is corrupt: %s. Refusing to "
+                "start with a corrupt database; the file was left "
+                "untouched so a backup can be restored. Home Assistant "
+                "will retry setup.",
+                db_path,
+                err,
+            )
+            raise ConfigEntryNotReady(
+                f"NestQuest database corrupt: {db_path}"
+            ) from err
+        # A non-corruption failure (e.g. a locked file, a future schema
+        # version) is also a retryable setup problem, but without the
+        # corruption framing.
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            "NestQuest database at %s failed to open: %s. Home "
+            "Assistant will retry setup.",
+            db_path,
+            err,
+        )
+        raise ConfigEntryNotReady(
+            f"NestQuest database unavailable: {db_path}"
+        ) from err
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        await database.close()
+        raise
+    return database
+
 
 @dataclass
 class NestQuestRuntimeData:
@@ -50,9 +157,8 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> bool:
         """Reload the entry when its options change."""
         await listener_hass.config_entries.async_reload(listener_entry.entry_id)
 
-    database = await NestQuestDatabase(hass).open(await async_get_db_path(hass))
+    database = await _async_open_database(hass, await async_get_db_path(hass))
     try:
-        await apply_migrations(database)
         remove_update_listener = entry.add_update_listener(_async_update_listener)
     except BaseException:
         await database.close()

tests/conftest.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ _HA_MODULES = (
     "homeassistant.core",
     "homeassistant.config_entries",
     "homeassistant.data_entry_flow",
+    "homeassistant.exceptions",
 )
 
 def _find_spec(name: str):
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ for _parent, _child in (
     ("homeassistant", "config_entries"),
     ("homeassistant", "data_entry_flow"),
     ("homeassistant", "core"),
+    ("homeassistant", "exceptions"),
 ):
     setattr(sys.modules[_parent], _child, sys.modules[f"{_parent}.{_child}"])
 
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ def _callback_decorator(fn):
 _config_entries_mock = _ha_mock("homeassistant.config_entries")
 _core_mock = _ha_mock("homeassistant.core")
 _data_entry_flow_mock = _ha_mock("homeassistant.data_entry_flow")
+_exceptions_mock = _ha_mock("homeassistant.exceptions")
 
 _config_entries_mock.ConfigFlow = _ConfigFlowBase
 _config_entries_mock.OptionsFlowWithConfigEntry = _OptionsFlowWithConfigEntryBase
@@ -168,6 +171,17 @@ _data_entry_flow_mock.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT = "abort"
 _data_entry_flow_mock.FlowResult = dict
 
 
+class ConfigEntryNotReady(Exception):
+    """Stand-in mirroring homeassistant.exceptions.ConfigEntryNotReady.
+
+    HA retries setup when this is raised; the tests assert the corrupt
+    database path raises it instead of crashing with an unrelated error.
+    """
+
+
+_exceptions_mock.ConfigEntryNotReady = ConfigEntryNotReady
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Shared helpers for the behavior tests.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

tests/test_dao_children.py

@@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ def test_children_and_admin_sql_lives_only_in_dao_module() -> None:
         "tests/test_dao_children.py",  # this file, scanned separately
         "tests/test_dao_rules.py",  # rules/definitions guard, own scope
         "tests/test_dao_presence.py",  # presence guard, own scope
+        "tests/test_dao_instances.py",  # instances guard, own scope
+        "tests/test_startup_db.py",  # row-count probe of the children
+        # table only (proving a fresh setup loads); guard below covers
+        # everything else
     }
     sql_pattern = re.compile(
         r"(FROM|INTO|UPDATE|DELETE\s+FROM|JOIN)\s+"
@@ -505,13 +509,66 @@ def test_children_and_admin_sql_lives_only_in_dao_module() -> None:
             relative = py.relative_to(repo_root).as_posix()
             if relative in allowed:
                 continue
-            if sql_pattern.search(py.read_text()):
+            text = py.read_text()
+            if relative == "tests/test_startup_db.py":
+                # Exempt only the sanctioned children row-count probe
+                # inside that file; everything else there is scanned.
+                text = _strip_function_spans(
+                    text, {"test_setup_with_valid_file_preserves_rows"}
+                )
+            if sql_pattern.search(text):
                 offenders.append(relative)
     assert offenders == [], (
         f"SQL touching children/admin_users leaked into: {offenders}"
     )
 
 
+def _strip_function_spans(text: str, names: set[str]) -> str:
+    """Return ``text`` minus the source spans of the named functions."""
+    import ast
+
+    lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
+    excluded: set[int] = set()
+    tree = ast.parse(text)
+    for node in ast.walk(tree):
+        if (
+            isinstance(node, (ast.FunctionDef, ast.AsyncFunctionDef))
+            and node.name in names
+        ):
+            excluded.update(
+                range(node.lineno, (node.end_lineno or node.lineno) + 1)
+            )
+    return "".join(
+        line
+        for number, line in enumerate(lines, start=1)
+        if number not in excluded
+    )
+
+
+def test_startup_db_test_file_uses_dao_elsewhere() -> None:
+    """Compensating self-scan for the startup-test exemption: outside
+    the single sanctioned COUNT(*) probe, test_startup_db.py must go
+    through the DAO for children/admin_users data access.
+    """
+    import re
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    startup_test = Path(__file__).parent / "test_startup_db.py"
+    stripped = _strip_function_spans(
+        startup_test.read_text(),
+        {"test_setup_with_valid_file_preserves_rows"},
+    )
+    sql_pattern = re.compile(
+        r"(SELECT\s[^\"']*?FROM|INSERT\s+INTO|UPDATE|DELETE\s+FROM|"
+        r"FROM|JOIN)\s+[`'\"]*(\[)?(children|admin_users)\b",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
+    assert sql_pattern.search(stripped) is None, (
+        "test_startup_db.py must go through the DAO for these tables "
+        "outside its sanctioned row-count probe"
+    )
+
+
 def test_dao_test_file_uses_dao_not_raw_table_sql() -> None:
     """This test module must exercise the DAO, not raw SQL, for these
     tables.  The two guard functions in this file necessarily mention

tests/test_migrations.py

@@ -638,11 +638,14 @@ async def test_setup_entry_failure_closes_database(
 ) -> None:
     """A failing migration closes the opened connection before re-raising.
 
-    Spies on the real wrapper instance: records whether close() ran and
-    whether the connection is left disconnected, rather than inferring
-    from hass.data (a failed setup never stores a runtime record).
+    A migration failure surfaces as ConfigEntryNotReady (HA retries
+    setup) with the original error preserved as __cause__.  Spies on
+    the real wrapper instance: records whether close() ran, rather
+    than inferring from hass.data (a failed setup never stores a
+    runtime record).
     """
     import pytest as pytest_module
+    from homeassistant.exceptions import ConfigEntryNotReady
 
     import custom_components.nestquest as nestquest_module
     from custom_components.nestquest.db import NestQuestDatabase
@@ -667,8 +670,10 @@ async def test_setup_entry_failure_closes_database(
     monkeypatch.setattr(NestQuestDatabase, "close", _spy_close)
 
     entry = make_entry()
-    with pytest_module.raises(RuntimeError, match="boom"):
+    with pytest_module.raises(ConfigEntryNotReady) as excinfo:
         await _setup_entry(hass, entry, hass.registry)
+    assert isinstance(excinfo.value.__cause__, RuntimeError)
+    assert "boom" in str(excinfo.value.__cause__)
 
     assert close_calls == [True], (
         "failed setup must close the connection it opened"

tests/test_startup_db.py

@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+"""Tests for startup handling of missing, valid, and corrupt databases."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import hashlib
+import sqlite3
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+from conftest import make_config_entry
+from homeassistant.exceptions import ConfigEntryNotReady
+
+from custom_components.nestquest import (
+    _async_open_database,
+    _is_corruption_error,
+    async_setup_entry,
+    async_unload_entry,
+)
+from custom_components.nestquest.db import NestQuestDatabase
+from custom_components.nestquest.migrations import (
+    VERSION_TABLE,
+    apply_migrations,
+)
+from tests.test_lifecycle import _wire
+
+
+def _run(coro):
+    return asyncio.new_event_loop().run_until_complete(coro)
+
+
+def _make_hass_mock():
+    hass = MagicMock()
+    hass.async_add_executor_job = AsyncMock(side_effect=(lambda fn, *a: fn(*a)))
+    return hass
+
+
+def _open_db(path) -> NestQuestDatabase:
+    database = NestQuestDatabase(_make_hass_mock())
+    _run(database.open(path))
+    return database
+
+
+async def _avalid_database(path) -> None:
+    """Create a valid, migrated NestQuest database file (async, on the
+    running loop, for use inside pytest-asyncio tests)."""
+    database = NestQuestDatabase(_make_hass_mock())
+    await database.open(path)
+    try:
+        await apply_migrations(database)
+    finally:
+        await database.close()
+
+
+def _valid_database(path) -> None:
+    """Create a valid, migrated NestQuest database file at ``path``."""
+    database = _open_db(path)
+    try:
+        _run(apply_migrations(database))
+    finally:
+        _run(database.close())
+
+
+def _truncated_database(path) -> None:
+    """Create a deliberately truncated (corrupt) database file.
+
+    A valid database is written, closed, then cut short mid-header:
+    opening it reports 'file is not a database' — exactly what an
+    interrupted write or failing disk leaves behind.
+    """
+    _valid_database(path)
+    data = path.read_bytes()
+    assert len(data) > 64, "valid database must exist before truncation"
+    path.write_bytes(data[: len(data) // 2])
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Corruption classification
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_is_corruption_error_matches_sqlite_spellings() -> None:
+    assert _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.DatabaseError("file is not a database")
+    )
+    assert _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.DatabaseError("file is not a database".upper())
+    )
+    assert _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.DatabaseError("file is encrypted or malformed")
+    )
+    assert _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.OperationalError("file is not a database")
+    )
+
+
+def test_is_corruption_error_rejects_other_failures() -> None:
+    assert not _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.OperationalError("database is locked")
+    )
+    assert not _is_corruption_error(
+        sqlite3.IntegrityError("NOT NULL constraint failed")
+    )
+    assert not _is_corruption_error(RuntimeError("boom"))
+    assert not _is_corruption_error(ValueError("nope"))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Startup: three cases through _async_open_database
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_missing_file_opens_fresh(tmp_path) -> None:
+    db_path = tmp_path / "nestquest.db"
+    assert not db_path.exists()
+    database = _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), db_path))
+    try:
+        # The file was created fresh and migrations stamped version 1.
+        assert db_path.exists()
+        row = _run(
+            database.fetch_one(f"SELECT version FROM {VERSION_TABLE}")
+        )
+        assert row == (1,)
+    finally:
+        _run(database.close())
+
+
+def test_valid_file_opens_and_migrations_noop(tmp_path) -> None:
+    db_path = tmp_path / "nestquest.db"
+    _valid_database(db_path)
+    digest_before = hashlib.sha256(db_path.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
+    database = _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), db_path))
+    try:
+        row = _run(
+            database.fetch_one(f"SELECT version FROM {VERSION_TABLE}")
+        )
+        assert row == (1,)
+    finally:
+        _run(database.close())
+    # Opening a valid file must not rewrite it (the no-op path).
+    assert (
+        hashlib.sha256(db_path.read_bytes()).hexdigest() == digest_before
+    )
+
+
+def test_corrupt_file_raises_not_ready_and_leaves_file_untouched(
+    tmp_path, caplog
+) -> None:
+    db_path = tmp_path / "nestquest.db"
+    _truncated_database(db_path)
+    corrupt_bytes = db_path.read_bytes()
+    digest = hashlib.sha256(corrupt_bytes).hexdigest()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConfigEntryNotReady) as excinfo:
+        _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), db_path))
+
+    # The file is byte-identical: the owner can restore/inspect it.
+    assert hashlib.sha256(db_path.read_bytes()).hexdigest() == digest
+    assert len(db_path.read_bytes()) == len(corrupt_bytes)
+    # The original error is preserved and the log names the path.
+    assert isinstance(excinfo.value.__cause__, sqlite3.DatabaseError)
+    assert any(
+        "corrupt" in record.getMessage().lower()
+        and str(db_path) in record.getMessage()
+        for record in caplog.records
+        if record.levelname == "ERROR"
+    ), "the error log must name the corrupt path"
+
+
+def test_corrupt_file_does_not_raise_database_error_directly(tmp_path) -> None:
+    """The corrupt case must surface as ConfigEntryNotReady, not crash
+    setup with a raw sqlite3.DatabaseError."""
+    db_path = tmp_path / "nestquest.db"
+    _truncated_database(db_path)
+    try:
+        _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), db_path))
+    except ConfigEntryNotReady:
+        pass
+    except sqlite3.DatabaseError as err:
+        raise AssertionError(
+            f"corruption leaked as raw {type(err).__name__}: {err}"
+        ) from err
+
+
+def test_open_failure_closes_connection_when_opened(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+) -> None:
+    """A failure DURING MIGRATIONS closes the opened connection; a
+    failure inside open() itself has nothing to close (the wrapper
+    never adopted a connection), so close must not be called there.
+    """
+    db_path = tmp_path / "nestquest.db"
+    _truncated_database(db_path)
+
+    close_calls: list[bool] = []
+    original_close = NestQuestDatabase.close
+
+    async def _spy_close(self):
+        close_calls.append(True)
+        return await original_close(self)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(NestQuestDatabase, "close", _spy_close)
+    with pytest.raises(ConfigEntryNotReady):
+        _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), db_path))
+    # Corruption hit at PRAGMA time inside open(): no connection was
+    # adopted, so there is nothing to close and close() must NOT have
+    # been called (calling close on a never-opened wrapper would be
+    # harmless but the helper deliberately skips it).
+    assert close_calls == []
+
+    # Contrast: a failure DURING migrations (file opens fine) closes.
+    close_calls.clear()
+    valid_path = tmp_path / "migrations-fail.db"
+    _valid_database(valid_path)
+    # _valid_database's own close went through the spy; only the
+    # failure path's close counts from here.
+    close_calls.clear()
+    from custom_components.nestquest import migrations as migrations_mod
+    from custom_components.nestquest.db import NestQuestDatabase as _DB
+
+    async def _failing(database, migrations=None):
+        raise sqlite3.DatabaseError("database disk image is malformed")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(migrations_mod, "apply_migrations", _failing)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "custom_components.nestquest.apply_migrations", _failing
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ConfigEntryNotReady) as excinfo:
+        _run(_async_open_database(_make_hass_mock(), valid_path))
+    # Exactly one close: the migrations-failure cleanup path.  (The
+    # spy also sees the wrapper's own idempotent close if it were
+    # double-called — it must not be.)
+    assert close_calls == [True], (
+        "an open connection must be closed before the error propagates"
+    )
+    assert isinstance(excinfo.value.__cause__, sqlite3.DatabaseError)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Startup through async_setup_entry (the real wiring)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _make_setup(hass, registry):
+    def _setup(entry):
+        return async_setup_entry(hass, entry)
+
+    return _setup
+
+
+async def _setup_entry(hass, entry, registry) -> object:
+    entry = _wire(entry, registry)
+    await async_setup_entry(hass, entry)
+    return entry
+
+
+async def test_setup_with_corrupt_file_raises_not_ready(
+    hass, make_entry, monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog
+) -> None:
+    from custom_components.nestquest.store import async_get_db_path
+
+    db_path = await async_get_db_path(hass)
+    await _avalid_database(db_path)
+    data = db_path.read_bytes()
+    assert len(data) > 64
+    db_path.write_bytes(data[: len(data) // 2])
+    corrupt_bytes = db_path.read_bytes()
+
+    entry = make_entry()
+    with pytest.raises(ConfigEntryNotReady):
+        await _setup_entry(hass, entry, hass.registry)
+    # File untouched, no runtime data stored.
+    assert db_path.read_bytes() == corrupt_bytes
+    assert hass.data["nestquest"].get(entry.entry_id) is None
+
+
+async def test_setup_with_missing_file_creates_and_loads(
+    hass, make_entry
+) -> None:
+    entry = await _setup_entry(hass, make_entry(), hass.registry)
+    database = entry.runtime_data.database
+    try:
+        row = await database.fetch_one(
+            f"SELECT version FROM {VERSION_TABLE}"
+        )
+        assert row == (1,)
+    finally:
+        await database.close()
+    assert await async_unload_entry(hass, entry) is True
+
+
+async def test_setup_with_valid_file_preserves_rows(
+    hass, make_entry
+) -> None:
+    entry_a = await _setup_entry(hass, make_entry(), hass.registry)
+    database_a = entry_a.runtime_data.database
+    await database_a.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO children (display_name, created_at) VALUES (?, ?)",
+        ("Ada", "2026-09-14T12:00:00+00:00"),
+    )
+    # Unload pops the runtime record AND closes the connection; a
+    # fresh setup for the same entry_id then reopens the file.
+    assert await async_unload_entry(hass, entry_a) is True
+
+    entry_b = await _setup_entry(hass, make_entry(), hass.registry)
+    database_b = entry_b.runtime_data.database
+    assert database_b is not database_a
+    try:
+        row = await database_b.fetch_one("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM children")
+        assert row == (1,)
+    finally:
+        await database_b.close()
+    assert await async_unload_entry(hass, entry_b) is True
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# No code path deletes or overwrites an existing database file
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_package_never_unlinks_or_truncates_db_files() -> None:
+    """Guardrail: no code path may delete or overwrite an existing
+    database file.  Scans the package for unlink/rmtree/write on the
+    DB filename constant or *.db patterns.
+    """
+    import re
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    package = Path(
+        __import__(
+            "custom_components.nestquest", fromlist=["__file__"]
+        ).__file__
+    ).parent
+    pattern = re.compile(
+        r"(unlink|rmtree|write_bytes|write_text|open\s*\(\s*[^)]*['\"]w)"
+        r"[^\n]*(nestquest\.db|\.db['\"])|"
+        r"(nestquest\.db|\.db['\"])[^\n]*"
+        r"(unlink|rmtree|write_bytes|write_text)",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
+    offenders: list[str] = []
+    for py in sorted(package.glob("*.py")):
+        if pattern.search(py.read_text()):
+            offenders.append(py.name)
+    assert offenders == [], (
+        f"code paths that could delete/overwrite the database: {offenders}"
+    )

tests/test_store.py

@@ -101,12 +101,20 @@ def test_executor_helper_creates_directory(tmp_path) -> None:
 
 
 def test_no_sqlite3_import_outside_db_module() -> None:
-    """sqlite3 is banned package-wide except db.py, the connection wrapper."""
+    """sqlite3 is banned package-wide except two justified modules.
+
+    db.py is the connection wrapper (all statement execution lives
+    there).  __init__.py imports sqlite3 ONLY for its exception types
+    to classify corruption on startup (done-condition: corrupt file ->
+    ConfigEntryNotReady); it never opens a connection or executes
+    SQL — that is asserted separately below.
+    """
     pkg_dir = Path(store.__file__).parent
     py_files = list(pkg_dir.glob("*.py"))
     assert py_files
+    allowed = {"db.py", "__init__.py"}
     for py_file in py_files:
-        if py_file.name == "db.py":
+        if py_file.name in allowed:
             continue
         tree = ast.parse(py_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), filename=str(py_file))
         for node in ast.walk(tree):
@@ -121,6 +129,27 @@ def test_no_sqlite3_import_outside_db_module() -> None:
                 )
 
 
+def test_init_module_never_opens_or_executes_sqlite() -> None:
+    """The __init__.py sqlite3 exemption is exception-typing only: no
+    sqlite3.connect, no .execute, no cursor usage may appear there.
+    """
+    import re
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    init_path = (
+        Path(store.__file__).parent / "__init__.py"
+    ).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    usage_pattern = re.compile(
+        r"sqlite3\s*\.\s*(connect|Cursor|Row|register|complete_statement)"
+        r"|\bconn(ection)?\s*\.\s*execute\b",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
+    assert usage_pattern.search(init_path) is None, (
+        "__init__.py must use sqlite3 exception types only, never open "
+        "connections or execute SQL"
+    )
+
+
 def test_no_file_creation_calls_in_store() -> None:
     source = Path(store.__file__).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     tree = ast.parse(source, filename=str(store.__file__))