From f9f96ba5c9e0b687480b98ddb138defe93ce263e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Tessier <22119573+nick4598@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:20:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add note to checkforChanges call to explain what happens with
 existing transactions (#7407)

---
 ...echeckForChangesDocumentation_2024-11-20-15-43.json | 10 ++++++++++
 core/backend/src/CloudSqlite.ts                        |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 common/changes/@itwin/core-backend/nick-updatecheckForChangesDocumentation_2024-11-20-15-43.json

diff --git a/common/changes/@itwin/core-backend/nick-updatecheckForChangesDocumentation_2024-11-20-15-43.json b/common/changes/@itwin/core-backend/nick-updatecheckForChangesDocumentation_2024-11-20-15-43.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99b35bb89b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@itwin/core-backend/nick-updatecheckForChangesDocumentation_2024-11-20-15-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@itwin/core-backend",
+      "comment": "",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@itwin/core-backend"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/backend/src/CloudSqlite.ts b/core/backend/src/CloudSqlite.ts
index 24ad84a250ca..4b3d0ee66b4c 100644
--- a/core/backend/src/CloudSqlite.ts
+++ b/core/backend/src/CloudSqlite.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ export namespace CloudSqlite {
      *
      * Notes:
      * - no changes made by other processes are visible to this CloudContainer unless/until this method is called.
-     * - note this is automatically called whenever the write lock is obtained to ensure all changes are against the latest version.
+     * - this is automatically called whenever the write lock is obtained to ensure all changes are against the latest version.
+     * - any existing transactions on databases within the container will continue to use the old version of the manifest and therefore see no new changes pulled in.
      */
     checkForChanges(): void;