Does SQLite lock the database file on reads?

Question

I\'m investigating SQLite as a storage engine, and am curious to know whether SQLite locks the database file on reads.

I am concerned about read performance as my planne

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Q: Does SQLite lock the database file on reads?

A: No and Yes

Ref: https://www.sqlite.org/atomiccommit.html#_acquiring_a_read_lock

The first step toward reading from the database file is obtaining a shared lock on the database file. A "shared" lock allows two or more database connections to read from the database file at the same time. But a shared lock prevents another database connection from writing to the database file while we are reading it