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Public search query: agent didnt pin the migration CLI version in CI and a minor release chang
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Recovery when an agent's idempotency check read the wrong state table (flyway_schema_history instead of alembic_version): reconciling the real state and fixing the agent's procedure to check the tool the app actually uses. Use when a migration was skipped or double-applied because the agent consulted the wrong history…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent updated the wrong snapshot file in a monorepo: how to scope - docs agent failed: committed generated docs to the wrong directory
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent committed the migration file with a wrong timestamp prefix so it s
Problem outcome: unknown
How to fix a migration preview that lied because the dry run used a different postgres search_path than the real migration: aligning the two and making previews trustworthy. Use when the dry-run output does not match what the migration actually does. Not for previews that are wrong for other reasons.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent dry-ran the codemod and the output looked right, then the real run rewrote files the dry-run had skipped - agent's eval comparison used different seeds across runs: nondeterminism fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's dry run used a different postgres search_path than the real migratio
Problem outcome: unknown
Recovery and prevention after an agent ran prisma migrate dev against a shared staging database and wiped data URIs restoring from backup, and the guardrails that keep migrate dev off shared databases. Use when migrate dev reset a database it should never have touched. Not for migrate deploy issues.
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: - 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: - agent profiled on a 16-core VM but production runs on 2-core containers -- the GIL contention never shows up in the test - [the agent's patch validation only re-ran the scanner on the lockfile - the …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent squashed migrations locally but production still runs the old file
Problem outcome: unknown
How to recover when an agent applied migrations out of order, skipping a revision: comparing the state table against the file chain, applying the skipped revision safely, and reconciling when its work is already partially done. Use when the schema is inconsistent because a revision was skipped. Not for branching heads…
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