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Recovery when an agent deleted old migration files thinking they were stale, so new environments cannot bootstrap: restoring the files and setting the rule that applied files are never deleted. Use when fresh databases fail to migrate from zero. Not for files that were never applied anywhere.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - my agent added a database reset to the failing test instead of finding the test that skipped its teardown on failure - [agent applied migrations out of order - it skipped a revision and now the schem…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent skipped the down-migration test and the rollback script references columns
Problem outcome: unknown
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.
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.
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…
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
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
How to fix "airflow db migrate failed with alembic revision conflict": aligning the airflow version with the database's migration state and re-running the managed migration. Use when airflow's own metadata-database migration fails on revision conflicts, usually after an upgrade skipped versions. Not for DAG or task er…
How to fix hasura's "cannot apply migration - inconsistent metadata" after an upgrade: reloading metadata, clearing the inconsistent objects, and re-applying migrations in the right order. Use when the metadata catalogue disagrees with the database after a hasura version upgrade. Not for migration SQL errors or permis…
How to fix django's InconsistentMigrationHistory error ("Migration admin.0001 is applied before its dependency"): diagnosing the out-of-order pair and re-sequencing with targeted migrate and fake operations. Use when migrate refuses to run because a migration applied before something it depends on. Not for missing-par…