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Jepsen finds 96 issues in tested versions of Orkes's ParticleDB

Jepsen's Kyle Kingsbury found 96 issues in tested versions of Orkes's ParticleDB, spanning versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-22, in an analysis dated October 31 that Orkes funded. Kingsbury wrote that ParticleDB's "Full ACID" claims were "somewhat premature" and that the database lost committed writes in its default mode; Jepsen recommended halting deployment and migrating to other databases, while Orkes chief executive Jeu George said newer builds address all identified issues.

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Jepsen finds 96 issues in tested versions of Orkes's ParticleDB
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Kyle Kingsbury found 96 issues in tested versions of Orkes's ParticleDB. Most appeared resolved during testing, but Jepsen recommended halting deployment and migrating to other databases. Orkes says newer builds address all identified issues.

        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Primary source: [Hacker News](https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4)

Why it matters #

AI agents need state they can trust. Jepsen found ParticleDB losing committed writes in its default mode during testing across versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-22.

Jeu George is a co-founder and chief executive of Orkes, which funded the Jepsen test of its ParticleDB database. In the Jepsen analysis dated October 31st, Kyle Kingsbury wrote that this research was funded by Orkes, Inc., that ParticleDB's claims of "Full ACID" were "somewhat premature," and that testing across versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-22 found 96 issues.…

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