Title: WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded
Last modified: October 22, 2020

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# WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded

 *  [hungpham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hungpham/)
 * (@hungpham)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-lock-wait-timeout-exceeded/)
 * In the server error log, I got this
 * `2020-10-22 06:24:16.008923 [NOTICE] [146.247.137.104:16528:HTTP2-5#mydomain-
   name.com-443:lsapi] [STDERR] WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded;
   try restarting transaction for query UPDATE`wp_options`SET`option_value`= '1365131'
   WHERE`option_name` = ‘wpsupercache_count’ made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action(‘
   shutdown’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_ob_end_flush_all, 
   ob_end_flush, wp_cache_ob_callback, wp_cache_get_ob, update_option
    2020-10-22
   06:24:23.010075 [NOTICE] [146.247.137.104:16528:HTTP2-7#mydomain-name.com-443:
   lsapi] [STDERR] WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting
   transaction for query UPDATE `wp_options` SET `option_value` = ‘1365131’ WHERE`
   option_name` = ‘wpsupercache_count’ made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action(‘
   shutdown’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_ob_end_flush_all, 
   ob_end_flush, wp_cache_ob_callback, wp_cache_get_ob, update_option 2020-10-22
   06:24:40.014751 [NOTICE] [146.247.137.104:16528:HTTP2-11#mydomain-name.com-443:
   lsapi] [STDERR] WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting
   transaction for query UPDATE `wp_options` SET `option_value` = ‘1365131’ WHERE`
   option_name` = ‘wpsupercache_count’ made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action(‘
   shutdown’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_ob_end_flush_all, 
   ob_end_flush, wp_cache_ob_callback, wp_cache_get_ob, update_option 2020-10-22
   06:24:40.014805 [NOTICE] [146.247.137.104:16528:HTTP2-9#mydomain-name.com-443:
   lsapi] [STDERR] WordPress database error Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting
   transaction for query UPDATE `wp_options` SET `option_value` = ‘1365131’ WHERE`
   option_name` = ‘wpsupercache_count’ made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action(‘
   shutdown’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, wp_ob_end_flush_all, 
   ob_end_flush, wp_cache_ob_callback, wp_cache_get_ob, update_option`
 * What is it? And how to fix it, please?
    Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/)
 * (@donncha)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-lock-wait-timeout-exceeded/#post-13604936)
 * Something is up with your host. Maybe it can’t cope with the amount of traffic
   you get?

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