diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/lbug-config.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/lbug-config.ts
index 5534f7d8b..a3e90051f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/lbug-config.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/lbug-config.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,23 @@ export const LBUG_MAX_DB_SIZE: number = (() => {
   return 16 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 })();
 
+/** Matches WAL corruption errors from the LadybugDB engine. */
+const WAL_CORRUPTION_RE = /corrupt(ed)?\s+wal|invalid\s+wal\s+record|wal.*corrupt|checksum.*wal/i;
+
+export const WAL_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION =
+  'WAL corruption detected. Run `gitnexus analyze` to rebuild the index.';
+
+export function isWalCorruptionError(err: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!err) return false;
+  const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+  return WAL_CORRUPTION_RE.test(msg);
+}
+
 type LbugModule = typeof lbug;
 
 export interface LbugDatabaseOptions {
   readOnly?: boolean;
+  throwOnWalReplayFailure?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface LbugConnectionHandle {
@@ -58,13 +71,18 @@ export function createLbugDatabase(
   databasePath: string,
   options: LbugDatabaseOptions = {},
 ): lbug.Database {
-  return new lbugModule.Database(
+  // .d.ts declares fewer args than the native constructor accepts.
+  return new (lbugModule.Database as any)(
     databasePath,
-    0,
-    false,
+    0, // bufferManagerSize
+    false, // enableCompression (pinned for v0.16.0)
     options.readOnly ?? false,
     LBUG_MAX_DB_SIZE,
-  );
+    true, // autoCheckpoint
+    -1, // checkpointThreshold
+    options.throwOnWalReplayFailure ?? true,
+    true, // enableChecksums
+  ) as lbug.Database;
 }
 
 export async function openLbugConnection(
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.ts
index ca1c45611..ed999907e 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import lbug from '@ladybugdb/core';
 import { loadFTSExtension } from './lbug-adapter.js';
-import { createLbugDatabase } from './lbug-config.js';
+import { createLbugDatabase, isWalCorruptionError } from './lbug-config.js';
 
 /** Per-repo pool: one Database, many Connections */
 interface PoolEntry {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ let idleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
 // @ladybugdb/core), corrupting stdout in the pre-sentinel window. Routing
 // through the leaf breaks that chain.
 export { realStdoutWrite, realStderrWrite, setActiveStdoutWrite } from '../../mcp/stdio-capture.js';
-import { getActiveStdoutWrite } from '../../mcp/stdio-capture.js';
+import { getActiveStdoutWrite, realStderrWrite } from '../../mcp/stdio-capture.js';
 
 let stdoutSilenceCount = 0;
 /** True while pre-warming connections — prevents watchdog from prematurely restoring stdout */
@@ -263,6 +263,46 @@ const WAITER_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 const LOCK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 const LOCK_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 2000;
 
+async function openReadOnlyDatabase(dbPath: string): Promise<lbug.Database> {
+  let db: lbug.Database | undefined;
+  silenceStdout();
+  try {
+    db = createLbugDatabase(lbug, dbPath, {
+      readOnly: true,
+      throwOnWalReplayFailure: false,
+    });
+    await db.init();
+    return db;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (db) await db.close().catch(() => {});
+    throw err;
+  } finally {
+    restoreStdout();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Quarantine the .wal file and retry opening the database.
+ * Used when the initial open fails with a WAL corruption error.
+ */
+async function tryQuarantineAndReopen(dbPath: string, repoId: string): Promise<lbug.Database> {
+  const walPath = dbPath + '.wal';
+  const quarantineName = `${walPath}.corrupt.${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+  try {
+    await fs.rename(walPath, quarantineName);
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error(
+      `LadybugDB WAL corruption detected for ${repoId}. ` +
+        `Run \`gitnexus analyze\` to rebuild the index. (quarantine failed)`,
+    );
+  }
+  realStderrWrite(
+    `GitNexus: LadybugDB WAL quarantined for ${repoId}; graph may be stale. ` +
+      `Run \`gitnexus analyze\` to rebuild the index.\n`,
+  );
+  return await openReadOnlyDatabase(dbPath);
+}
+
 /** Deduplicates concurrent initLbug calls for the same repoId */
 const initPromises = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
 
@@ -319,16 +359,29 @@ async function doInitLbug(repoId: string, dbPath: string): Promise<void> {
     // avoids lock conflicts when `gitnexus analyze` is writing.
     let lastError: Error | null = null;
     for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= LOCK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
-      silenceStdout();
       try {
-        const db = createLbugDatabase(lbug, dbPath, { readOnly: true });
-        restoreStdout();
+        const db = await openReadOnlyDatabase(dbPath);
         shared = { db, refCount: 0, ftsLoaded: false };
         dbCache.set(dbPath, shared);
         break;
       } catch (err: any) {
-        restoreStdout();
         lastError = err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err));
+
+        if (isWalCorruptionError(lastError)) {
+          try {
+            const db = await tryQuarantineAndReopen(dbPath, repoId);
+            shared = { db, refCount: 0, ftsLoaded: false };
+            dbCache.set(dbPath, shared);
+            break;
+          } catch (retryErr) {
+            throw new Error(
+              `LadybugDB WAL corruption detected for ${repoId}. ` +
+                `Run \`gitnexus analyze\` to rebuild the index. ` +
+                `(${retryErr instanceof Error ? retryErr.message : String(retryErr)})`,
+            );
+          }
+        }
+
         const isLockError =
           lastError.message.includes('Could not set lock') || lastError.message.includes('lock');
         if (!isLockError || attempt === LOCK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS) break;
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/mcp/local/local-backend.ts b/gitnexus/src/mcp/local/local-backend.ts
index 34049ab31..2f16c1fb2 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/mcp/local/local-backend.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/mcp/local/local-backend.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   isLbugReady,
   isWriteQuery,
 } from '../../core/lbug/pool-adapter.js';
+import { isWalCorruptionError, WAL_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION } from '../../core/lbug/lbug-config.js';
 export { isWriteQuery };
 // Embedding imports are lazy (dynamic import) to avoid loading onnxruntime-node
 // at MCP server startup — crashes on unsupported Node ABI versions (#89)
@@ -1225,7 +1226,14 @@ export class LocalBackend {
       const result = await executeQuery(repo.id, params.query);
       return result;
     } catch (err: any) {
-      return { error: err.message || 'Query failed' };
+      const msg = err.message || 'Query failed';
+      if (isWalCorruptionError(err)) {
+        return {
+          error: msg,
+          recoverySuggestion: WAL_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION,
+        };
+      }
+      return { error: msg };
     }
   }
 
@@ -1679,6 +1687,30 @@ export class LocalBackend {
       kind?: string;
       include_content?: boolean;
     },
+  ): Promise<any> {
+    try {
+      return await this._contextImpl(repo, params);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      const msg = (err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)) || 'Context query failed';
+      if (isWalCorruptionError(err)) {
+        return {
+          error: msg,
+          recoverySuggestion: WAL_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION,
+        };
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async _contextImpl(
+    repo: RepoHandle,
+    params: {
+      name?: string;
+      uid?: string;
+      file_path?: string;
+      kind?: string;
+      include_content?: boolean;
+    },
   ): Promise<any> {
     await this.ensureInitialized(repo.id);
 
@@ -2440,6 +2472,7 @@ export class LocalBackend {
         impactedCount: 0,
         risk: 'UNKNOWN',
         suggestion: 'The graph query failed — try gitnexus context <symbol> as a fallback',
+        ...(isWalCorruptionError(err) ? { recoverySuggestion: WAL_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION } : {}),
       };
     }
   }
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/lbug-config-wal.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/lbug-config-wal.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6baea3621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/lbug-config-wal.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { createLbugDatabase, isWalCorruptionError } from '../../src/core/lbug/lbug-config.js';
+
+describe('isWalCorruptionError', () => {
+  it.each([
+    [
+      'Corrupted wal file',
+      'Runtime exception: Corrupted wal file. Read out invalid WAL record type.',
+    ],
+    ['invalid WAL record', 'Error: invalid WAL record type'],
+    ['WAL checksum', 'Checksum verification failed, the WAL file is corrupted.'],
+    ['WAL + corrupt', 'the WAL file is corrupted'],
+  ])('matches WAL corruption: %s', (_label, msg) => {
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(msg)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(new Error(msg))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['lock error', 'Could not set lock on file : /path/to/db'],
+    ['generic', 'Query failed'],
+    ['not found', 'LadybugDB not found at /path'],
+    ['checksum without WAL', 'Checksum verification failed for parquet file'],
+    ['permission path with WAL', "EACCES: permission denied '/path/to/wal'"],
+    ['schema mismatch WAL', 'schema version mismatch in WAL'],
+  ])('does not match non-WAL error: %s', (_label, msg) => {
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(msg)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('handles non-string input', () => {
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(undefined)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(42)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isWalCorruptionError(new Error('ok'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('createLbugDatabase WAL replay option', () => {
+  it('passes throwOnWalReplayFailure and checksum constructor args explicitly', () => {
+    const Database = vi.fn(function (this: any) {});
+    const lbugModule = { Database } as any;
+
+    createLbugDatabase(lbugModule, '/tmp/lbug', {
+      readOnly: true,
+      throwOnWalReplayFailure: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(Database).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '/tmp/lbug',
+      0,
+      false,
+      true,
+      expect.any(Number),
+      true,
+      -1,
+      false,
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/mcp-wal-feedback.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/mcp-wal-feedback.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e387e0b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/mcp-wal-feedback.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for WAL corruption feedback in MCP error responses (#1402).
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const { lbugMocks, platformMocks, repoMocks } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  lbugMocks: {
+    initLbug: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    executeQuery: vi.fn(),
+    executeParameterized: vi.fn(),
+    closeLbug: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    isLbugReady: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+    isWriteQuery: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+  },
+  platformMocks: {
+    isVectorExtensionSupportedByPlatform: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+  },
+  repoMocks: {
+    listRegisteredRepos: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
+  return { ...actual, ...lbugMocks };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../src/mcp/core/lbug-adapter.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
+  return { ...actual, ...lbugMocks };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../src/storage/repo-manager.js', () => ({
+  listRegisteredRepos: repoMocks.listRegisteredRepos,
+  cleanupOldKuzuFiles: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ found: false, needsReindex: false }),
+  findSiblingClones: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/git-staleness.js', () => ({
+  checkStaleness: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ isStale: false, commitsBehind: 0 }),
+  checkCwdMatch: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ match: 'none' }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/platform/capabilities.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('../../src/core/platform/capabilities.js')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    isVectorExtensionSupportedByPlatform: platformMocks.isVectorExtensionSupportedByPlatform,
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/search/bm25-index.js', () => ({
+  searchFTSFromLbug: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/mcp/core/embedder.js', () => ({
+  embedQuery: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  getEmbeddingDims: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(384),
+}));
+
+import { LocalBackend } from '../../src/mcp/local/local-backend.js';
+
+const MOCK_REPO_ENTRY = {
+  name: 'test-repo',
+  path: '/tmp/test',
+  storagePath: '/tmp/test/.gitnexus',
+  indexedAt: '2026-05-01T00:00:00Z',
+  lastCommit: 'abc1234',
+};
+
+async function makeBackend(): Promise<LocalBackend> {
+  const backend = new LocalBackend();
+  await backend.init();
+  return backend;
+}
+
+describe('WAL corruption feedback in MCP responses (#1402)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    lbugMocks.initLbug.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    lbugMocks.executeQuery.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    lbugMocks.executeParameterized.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    lbugMocks.isLbugReady.mockReturnValue(true);
+    lbugMocks.isWriteQuery.mockReturnValue(false);
+    repoMocks.listRegisteredRepos.mockResolvedValue([MOCK_REPO_ENTRY]);
+  });
+
+  it('impact returns WAL suggestion on corrupted WAL error', async () => {
+    const backend = await makeBackend();
+    lbugMocks.executeParameterized.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new Error('Runtime exception: Corrupted wal file. Read out invalid WAL record type.'),
+    );
+
+    const result = await backend.callTool('impact', {
+      repo: 'test-repo',
+      target: 'MyClass',
+      direction: 'upstream',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.suggestion).toBe(
+      'The graph query failed — try gitnexus context <symbol> as a fallback',
+    );
+    expect(result.recoverySuggestion).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('cypher returns WAL recoverySuggestion on corrupted WAL error', async () => {
+    const backend = await makeBackend();
+    lbugMocks.executeQuery.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Corrupted wal file'));
+
+    const result = await backend.callTool('cypher', {
+      repo: 'test-repo',
+      query: 'MATCH (n) RETURN n LIMIT 1',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBe('Corrupted wal file');
+    expect(result.recoverySuggestion).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('context returns WAL recoverySuggestion on corrupted WAL error', async () => {
+    const backend = await makeBackend();
+    lbugMocks.executeParameterized.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Corrupted wal file'));
+
+    const result = await backend.callTool('context', {
+      repo: 'test-repo',
+      name: 'MyClass',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBe('Corrupted wal file');
+    expect(result.recoverySuggestion).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('non-WAL errors do not include WAL suggestion', async () => {
+    const backend = await makeBackend();
+    lbugMocks.executeParameterized.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Some other error'));
+
+    const result = await backend.callTool('impact', {
+      repo: 'test-repo',
+      target: 'MyClass',
+      direction: 'upstream',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.suggestion).toBe(
+      'The graph query failed — try gitnexus context <symbol> as a fallback',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('context preserves non-WAL throw behavior', async () => {
+    const backend = await makeBackend();
+    lbugMocks.executeParameterized.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Some other error'));
+
+    await expect(
+      backend.callTool('context', {
+        repo: 'test-repo',
+        name: 'MyClass',
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('Some other error');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/pool-wal-recovery.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/pool-wal-recovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19b24c583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/pool-wal-recovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for WAL corruption recovery in the connection pool (#1402).
+ *
+ * Mocks createLbugDatabase and fs to verify quarantine + retry behavior
+ * without needing a real LadybugDB instance or corrupted WAL file.
+ */
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const { stderrWriteMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  stderrWriteMock: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('fs/promises', () => ({
+  default: {
+    stat: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    unlink: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    rename: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@ladybugdb/core', () => ({
+  default: {
+    Database: vi.fn(),
+    Connection: vi.fn(function (this: any) {
+      this.close = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    }),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/lbug/lbug-adapter.js', () => ({
+  loadFTSExtension: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/core/lbug/lbug-config.js', () => ({
+  createLbugDatabase: vi.fn(),
+  LBUG_MAX_DB_SIZE: 1024,
+  isWalCorruptionError: vi.fn((err: unknown) => {
+    const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err ?? '');
+    return /corrupt(ed)?\s+wal|invalid\s+wal\s+record/i.test(msg);
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/mcp/stdio-capture.js', () => ({
+  realStdoutWrite: vi.fn(),
+  realStderrWrite: stderrWriteMock,
+  setActiveStdoutWrite: vi.fn(),
+  getActiveStdoutWrite: vi.fn(() => vi.fn()),
+}));
+
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import { createLbugDatabase } from '../../src/core/lbug/lbug-config.js';
+
+const { closeLbug } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+
+const mockInit = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+const mockClose = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+function makeMockDb() {
+  return { init: mockInit, close: mockClose, _isClosed: false } as any;
+}
+
+describe('WAL corruption recovery in doInitLbug (#1402)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    (createLbugDatabase as any).mockReset();
+    (fs.stat as any).mockReset();
+    (fs.rename as any).mockReset();
+    mockInit.mockReset();
+    mockClose.mockReset();
+    mockInit.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mockClose.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    (fs.stat as any).mockResolvedValue({});
+    (fs.rename as any).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    await closeLbug().catch(() => {});
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('retries with WAL quarantine on corrupted WAL init error', async () => {
+    const { initLbug } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+    const dbPath = '/tmp/test-wal-recovery/lbug';
+
+    const badDb = makeMockDb();
+    const goodDb = makeMockDb();
+    badDb.init = vi.fn().mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Corrupted wal file'));
+    (createLbugDatabase as any).mockReturnValueOnce(badDb).mockReturnValueOnce(goodDb);
+
+    await initLbug('test-repo-init', dbPath);
+
+    expect(badDb.init).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(createLbugDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(createLbugDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      dbPath,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        readOnly: true,
+        throwOnWalReplayFailure: false,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      dbPath + '.wal',
+      expect.stringContaining('.wal.corrupt.'),
+    );
+    expect(stderrWriteMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('WAL quarantined for test-repo-init'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does not quarantine on lock error (preserves existing lock retry)', async () => {
+    const { initLbug } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+    const setTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(global, 'setTimeout').mockImplementation((callback: any) => {
+      callback();
+      return 0 as any;
+    });
+    const dbPath = '/tmp/test-wal-recovery/lbug';
+
+    (createLbugDatabase as any).mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('Could not set lock on file');
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await expect(initLbug('test-repo-lock', dbPath)).rejects.toThrow();
+    } finally {
+      setTimeoutSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+
+    expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('throws with analyze suggestion after retry also fails', async () => {
+    const { initLbug } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+    const dbPath = '/tmp/test-wal-recovery/lbug';
+
+    (createLbugDatabase as any)
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+        throw new Error('Corrupted wal file');
+      })
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+        throw new Error('Still broken');
+      });
+
+    await expect(initLbug('test-repo-fail', dbPath)).rejects.toThrow(/gitnexus analyze/);
+    expect(createLbugDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('does not reuse poisoned state after WAL failure', async () => {
+    const { initLbug, isLbugReady: ready } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+    const dbPath = '/tmp/test-wal-recovery/lbug';
+
+    (createLbugDatabase as any)
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+        throw new Error('Corrupted wal file');
+      })
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+        throw new Error('Still broken');
+      });
+
+    await expect(initLbug('test-repo-nocache', dbPath)).rejects.toThrow();
+
+    expect(ready('test-repo-nocache')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('handles quarantine gracefully when .wal file does not exist', async () => {
+    const { initLbug } = await import('../../src/core/lbug/pool-adapter.js');
+    const dbPath = '/tmp/test-wal-recovery/lbug';
+
+    (fs.rename as any).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('ENOENT: no such file'));
+
+    (createLbugDatabase as any).mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error('Corrupted wal file');
+    });
+
+    await expect(initLbug('test-repo-enoent', dbPath)).rejects.toThrow(/gitnexus analyze/);
+  });
+});