What is this error and how do I solve it?, and how long does (media sync: downloading) keep going for?

what is this error and how do I solve it?

Error message (don't change this)
Anki 2.1.66 (70506aeb) Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.5.2 PyQt 6.5.2
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=3
Add-ons, last update check: 2024-02-23 10:31:15

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 3291, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())

sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked


During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "aqt.taskman", line 122, in _on_closures_pending

  File "aqt.taskman", line 71, in <lambda>

  File "aqt.taskman", line 90, in wrapped_done

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\operations\ankihub_sync.py", line 43, in on_sync_done
    on_done(future_with_exception(future.exception()))

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\auto_sync.py", line 101, in sync_with_ankiweb
    future.result()

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 439, in result

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 391, in __get_result

  File "concurrent.futures.thread", line 58, in run

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\operations\ankihub_sync.py", line 36, in <lambda>
    task=lambda: ah_deck_updater.update_decks_and_media(to_sync_ah_dids),

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\deck_updater.py", line 53, in update_decks_and_media
    self._update_decks(ah_dids)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\deck_updater.py", line 76, in _update_decks
    should_continue = self._update_single_deck(ah_did)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\deck_updater.py", line 90, in _update_single_deck
    result = self._download_updates_for_deck(ankihub_did)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\gui\deck_updater.py", line 131, in _download_updates_for_deck
    import_result = self._importer.import_ankihub_deck(

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\main\importing.py", line 138, in import_ankihub_deck
    dids = self._import_notes(

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\main\importing.py", line 205, in _import_notes
    upserted_notes_data, skipped_notes_data = ankihub_db.upsert_notes_data(

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\db\db.py", line 110, in upsert_notes_data
    AnkiHubNote.insert(

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 2011, in inner
    return method(self, database, *args, **kwargs)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 2082, in execute
    return self._execute(database)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 2887, in _execute
    return super(Insert, self)._execute(database)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 2600, in _execute
    cursor = database.execute(self)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 3299, in execute
    return self.execute_sql(sql, params)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 3291, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 3059, in __exit__
    reraise(new_type, new_type(exc_value, *exc_args), traceback)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 192, in reraise
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)

  File "C:\Users\NEXT\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1322529746\lib\peewee.py", line 3291, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())

peewee.OperationalError: database is locked

Sentry link (for developers)

It’s an issue in the add-on we hope to fix soon.

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