diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/opencode.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/opencode.py
index 6c3d7ce..628e7ee 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/opencode.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/opencode.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os, sys, sqlite3, shutil, subprocess
+import os, sys, sqlite3, shutil, subprocess, tempfile
 from urllib.parse import quote
 from typing import Optional, Any, List
 from lib_py.agents.base import BaseAgentAdapter, DiscoveryContext, scan_names, db_rows_naming, conversation_in_use
@@ -11,12 +11,29 @@ _LEGACY_TABLES = (("message", "session_id"), ("messages", "session_id"), ("part"
                   ("session", "id"), ("sessions", "id"))
 
 def _ro_connect(db: str):
-    """A read that neither creates nor removes anything beside db (Issue #60):
-    the WAL sidecars are used only when both already exist (a live writer
-    keeps them); otherwise the file is read as immutable."""
+    """A read that neither creates nor removes anything beside db (Issue #60).
+    Both WAL sidecars (a live writer keeps them): read through them. No -wal:
+    nothing to apply, so the file is read as immutable. A -wal without its
+    -shm (left behind - no writer runs without one) still holds committed
+    rows: they are read from a private copy, where SQLite may rebuild the
+    index, loaded into memory."""
     path = os.path.abspath(db)
-    both = os.path.exists(path + "-wal") and os.path.exists(path + "-shm")
-    return sqlite3.connect(f"file:{quote(path)}?mode=ro" + ("" if both else "&immutable=1"), uri=True)
+    wal, shm = os.path.exists(path + "-wal"), os.path.exists(path + "-shm")
+    if wal and shm:
+        return sqlite3.connect(f"file:{quote(path)}?mode=ro", uri=True)
+    if not wal:
+        return sqlite3.connect(f"file:{quote(path)}?mode=ro&immutable=1", uri=True)
+    mem = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="mam-opencode-") as tmp:
+        copy = os.path.join(tmp, "opencode.db")
+        shutil.copyfile(path, copy)
+        shutil.copyfile(path + "-wal", copy + "-wal")
+        src = sqlite3.connect(copy)
+        try:
+            src.backup(mem)
+        finally:
+            src.close()
+    return mem
 
 
 # (binary, HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME) -> the db `debug paths` printed for them.
diff --git a/tests/test_issue60_linux_fixes.py b/tests/test_issue60_linux_fixes.py
index 1277892..e03ffa3 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue60_linux_fixes.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue60_linux_fixes.py
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ def _wal_writer(db: Path, ws: Path) -> sqlite3.Connection:
 @pytest.fixture
 def wal_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     """(adapter, ctx, db, ws, make(state)) - make builds the database in one
-    of three states: `clean` (closed: no sidecars), `leftover` (both sidecars
+    of four states: `clean` (closed: no sidecars), `leftover` (both sidecars
     left behind by a writer that is gone, the rows only in the -wal),
+    `walonly` (the same without its -shm: the committed rows still count),
     `writer` (a live writer whose rows are only in the -wal)."""
     home, ws = tmp_path / "home", tmp_path / "ws"
     ws.mkdir()
@@ -150,11 +151,11 @@ def wal_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     def make(state):
         if state == "clean":
             _wal_writer(db, ws).close()
-        elif state == "leftover":
+        elif state in ("leftover", "walonly"):
             src = tmp_path / "src" / "opencode.db"
             src.parent.mkdir()
             conn = _wal_writer(src, ws)
-            for suffix in ("", "-wal", "-shm"):
+            for suffix in ("", "-wal", "-shm")[:3 if state == "leftover" else 2]:
                 shutil.copyfile(str(src) + suffix, str(db) + suffix)
             conn.close()
         else:
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ def wal_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("state,listing", [
     ("clean", ["opencode.db"]),
     ("leftover", ["opencode.db", "opencode.db-shm", "opencode.db-wal"]),
+    ("walonly", ["opencode.db", "opencode.db-wal"]),
     ("writer", ["opencode.db", "opencode.db-shm", "opencode.db-wal"]),
 ])
 def test_a_query_reads_right_and_leaves_the_sidecars_alone(wal_home, state, listing, query):