"Database deleted by request of the user" — IndexedDB Error Explained
"Database deleted by request of the user" is a benign browser-initiated IndexedDB error — not a security issue. Here is what causes it and how to suppress it in your error monitoring.
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The first time I saw this error in Sentry, my heart dropped to my feet. It wasn't clear that this was a client error and my initial thought was: how is someone attempting to delete a database?!
Database deleted by request of the user
As I looked through the stack trace, I realized it was an error for IndexedDB, which is the storage mechanism we use forMurmur Labs to store proposal edits in the client before sending them to the server.