# Getting DB locked issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.openiap.io/t/getting-db-locked-issue/3216>\
**Category:** OpenRPA\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/getting-db-locked-issue/3216 "2025-12-16T07:59:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunil\_Banjara](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sunil\_Banjara](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Sunil_Banjara)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/getting-db-locked-issue/3216/1 "2025-12-16T07:59:16Z")

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Hi ,

I’m gettign this in openflow and also i don’t see my RPA workflows in openrpa. Please help me to sort this.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/getting-db-locked-issue/3216/2 "2025-12-18T09:07:55Z")

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This can happen if OpenRPA was not closed down properly. This CAN corrupt the database, but most of the time you can simply delete the lock file and everything will work. (inside the Documents\OpenRPA folder)

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.openiap.io/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1ca7b164ac9a826839704d9ac82c7b5e6bcf557.png) [@system](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/getting-db-locked-issue/3216/3 "2025-12-25T09:08:02Z")

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