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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent keeps re-running prisma migrate dev because drift detection flags its own shadow database as drift - [prisma migrate dev hung because the agent couldnt answer the interactive reset-the-database…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran prisma migrate dev against the shared staging database and w
Problem outcome: unknown
How to fix a deploy marked failed because the health check queried a table the migration had locked: making health checks lock-aware and migration-safe. Use when health checks fail spuriously during migrations. Not for health checks failing because the app is genuinely broken.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent d1 migration locked the table during peak traffic - agent's suggested index fixed the SELECT but the migration locked the table for 40 minutes during the ALTER
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's health check queried a table the migration had locked and
Problem outcome: unknown
Recovery when an agent deployed the app before the migration job finished and new code queries a column that does not exist yet: stabilizing the deploy, finishing the migration, and wiring the ordering so it cannot recur. Use when deploy and migration raced. Not for code bugs unrelated to schema timing.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent applied half the migration plan, the context window filled, and the new instance has no idea which steps finished - [P3018: A migration failed to apply. New migrations cannot be applied before …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent deployed the app before the migration job finished - the new c
Problem outcome: unknown
How to do expand/contract properly after removing a column during the expand phase: restoring the column, finishing the reader migration, and only dropping in the contract phase. Use when a column was dropped while readers still needed it. Not for columns with no remaining readers.
Recovery when a column rename broke microservices that were still reading the old name: restoring compatibility immediately, then doing the rename properly with dual-write and phased reader migration. Use when a rename broke unknown readers. Not for renames with no live readers.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - unsubscribe clicks weren't synced back from the mail provider - the agent emailed the same 40 people three more times - [agent added a NOT NULL column without a default in a single step and the zero-…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's column rename broke three microservices it didnt know were
Problem outcome: unknown
How to fix a zero-downtime deploy broken by adding a NOT NULL column without a default in one step: recovering the deploy, and the expand/contract pattern that makes it safe. Use when old code and new schema collide during a rolling deploy. Not for NOT NULL additions done safely in phases.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent added a column with a default to a 500M-row table and postgres is rewriting the whole table while the app is live - [agent sent 'Hi there' to 500 CEOs because the first_name column was null in …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent added a NOT NULL column without a default in a single step and
Problem outcome: unknown
Recovery and prevention for an agent that assumed DDL was transactional on mysql: the half-applied migration cannot be rolled back because mysql commits DDL implicitly. Use when a mysql migration failed midway and left a partial schema. Not for postgres, where transactional DDL usually allows rollback.
Response playbook for an agent running a destructive migration during business hours against the runbook: immediate assessment, completing or rolling back safely, and adding a time-window guard to the agent's procedure. Use when a risky migration ran at the wrong time. Not for destructive migrations that were schedule…
How to reconcile when an agent squashed migrations locally but production still runs the old files: why squashing applied history breaks, and the safe paths (keep old files, or stamp after proving schema equivalence). Use when a squash rewrote history that production already recorded. Not for squashes of never-applied…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - django migrate timed out on a big AddField in production and now the agent cant tell which migrations actually applied - [agent loop detected: re-running already-applied D1 migrations, deploy blocked…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent applied migrations out of order - it skipped a revision and
Problem outcome: unknown
A guard playbook for when an agent runs a migration against production because DATABASE_URL pointed at prod: assessing what ran, and building target verification into the agent's procedure so it never happens again. Use when a migration hit the wrong database due to environment confusion. Not for migrations that faile…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent ran the migration against staging and it passed, then the same file failed on prod - production data broke an... - [agent's D1 migration ran against local instead of remote: the --remote flag w…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran the migration against production because DATABASE_URL pointed
Problem outcome: unknown
Stops an agent's schema migration from dropping columns that still hold data. Use before any agent-generated DDL runs, when migrations auto-apply, and when you need a human-readable diff of exactly what will change. Not for application-code deploys or for intentional destructive migrations you already approved.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - migration agent lost track of which revision was applied after the database connection dropped mid-run - [the agent's flyway run lost its connection during a large data migration - the schema history…
Problem outcome: unknown