diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.md b/docs/porting-guide.md
index 1107ea2a05..83633f8e2f 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.md
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.md
@@ -785,10 +785,12 @@ bash packages/registry/sqlite/build-testfixture.sh
 ```
 
 Kandelo builds both the shipped SQLite library and the official testfixture
-with compound-select, expression, and JSON recursion limits that fit current
-browser and Node WebAssembly host stacks. The testfixture patch set reads those
-compiled limits and omits only upstream stress cases that deliberately exceed
-them; it does not turn platform failures into successful SQLite results.
+with compound-select, expression, JSON, and trigger recursion limits that fit
+current browser and Node WebAssembly host stacks. The testfixture patch set
+reads those compiled limits and omits only upstream stress cases that
+deliberately exceed them; it does not turn platform failures into successful
+SQLite results. The `sqllimits1.test` SQL-length filler stays comment-only so
+the length-limit check does not hit the lower expression-depth limit first.
 
 Then run the harness:
 
diff --git a/packages/registry/sqlite/build-sqlite.sh b/packages/registry/sqlite/build-sqlite.sh
index f27891087a..cb3fdb7635 100755
--- a/packages/registry/sqlite/build-sqlite.sh
+++ b/packages/registry/sqlite/build-sqlite.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SOURCE_SHA256="${WASM_POSIX_DEP_SOURCE_SHA256:-}"
 SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT="${SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT:-50}"
 SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH="${SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH:-100}"
 SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH="${SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH:-100}"
+SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH="${SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH:-50}"
 
 # CLI is a consumer artifact, not a library. Skip it when invoked via
 # the resolver — it would waste cache space and the consumer-side
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ SQLITE_CFLAGS="-O2 \
     -DSQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT=$SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT \
     -DSQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH=$SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH \
     -DSQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH=$SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH \
+    -DSQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH=$SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH \
     -DHAVE_PREAD=1 \
     -DHAVE_PWRITE=1 \
     -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5 \
diff --git a/packages/registry/sqlite/build-testfixture.sh b/packages/registry/sqlite/build-testfixture.sh
index 4b943c4136..3b2fe3e4ee 100755
--- a/packages/registry/sqlite/build-testfixture.sh
+++ b/packages/registry/sqlite/build-testfixture.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SQLITE_VERSION="${SQLITE_VERSION:-3.49.1}"
 SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT="${SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT:-50}"
 SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH="${SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH:-100}"
 SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH="${SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH:-100}"
+SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH="${SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH:-50}"
 
 sqlite_packed_version() {
     local major minor patch
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ CFLAGS=(
     -DSQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT="$SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT"
     -DSQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH="$SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH"
     -DSQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH="$SQLITE_JSON_MAX_DEPTH"
+    -DSQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH="$SQLITE_MAX_TRIGGER_DEPTH"
     -DHAVE_PREAD=1
     -DHAVE_PWRITE=1
     -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION
diff --git a/packages/registry/sqlite/build.toml b/packages/registry/sqlite/build.toml
index 39bd0eb50a..a072372d5c 100644
--- a/packages/registry/sqlite/build.toml
+++ b/packages/registry/sqlite/build.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 script_path = "packages/registry/sqlite/build-sqlite.sh"
 repo_url    = "https://github.com/brandonpayton/kandelo.git"
 commit      = "8c53383229fab78f97b098c3207a655159c03041"
-revision    = 3
+revision    = 4
 
 [binary]
 index_url = "https://github.com/Automattic/kandelo/releases/download/binaries-abi-v{abi}/index.toml"
diff --git a/packages/registry/sqlite/patches/0005-sqllimits1-keep-sql-length-filler-comment-only.patch b/packages/registry/sqlite/patches/0005-sqllimits1-keep-sql-length-filler-comment-only.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..407ebd21a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/registry/sqlite/patches/0005-sqllimits1-keep-sql-length-filler-comment-only.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- test/sqllimits1.test
++++ test/sqllimits1.test
+@@ -429,8 +429,7 @@ do_test sqllimits1-6.1 {
+   sqlite3_limit db SQLITE_LIMIT_SQL_LENGTH 50000
+   set sql "SELECT 1 WHERE 1==1"
+   set tail " /* A comment to take up space in order to make the string\
+-                longer without increasing the expression depth */\
+-                AND   1  ==  1"
++                longer without increasing the expression depth */ "
+   set N [expr {(50000 / [string length $tail])+1}]
+   append sql [string repeat $tail $N]
+   catchsql $sql
+@@ -439,8 +438,7 @@ do_test sqllimits1-6.3 {
+   sqlite3_limit db SQLITE_LIMIT_SQL_LENGTH 50000
+   set sql "SELECT 1 WHERE 1==1"
+   set tail " /* A comment to take up space in order to make the string\
+-                longer without increasing the expression depth */\
+-                AND   1  ==  1"
++                longer without increasing the expression depth */ "
+   set N [expr {(50000 / [string length $tail])+1}]
+   append sql [string repeat $tail $N]
+   set nbytes [string length $sql]