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Recovery and prevention for running alembic with the dev alembic.ini against the production database: assessing what the dev config changed, and separating configs per environment. Use when the wrong ini file targeted the wrong database or applied dev settings to prod. Not for correct-config migrations that failed.
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: - agent ran the codemod over test fixtures too and now the golden files dont match the new behavior - agent's column rename broke three microservices it didnt know were reading the old name
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent deleted old migration files thinking they were stale - now new environ
Problem outcome: unknown
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…
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.
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.
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 clickhouse's "ATTACH PARTITION failed - part already exists" during a table migration: checking system.parts to see whether the data is already there, and skipping or replacing deliberately. Use when an attach step fails because the part is already attached. Not for attach failures caused by missing source …
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 typeorm's QueryFailedError "duplicate key value violates unique constraint" during a migration run: finding the conflicting rows, making the data change idempotent, and resuming safely. Use when a migration's INSERT or backfill collides with existing rows. Not for duplicate keys caused by application writes…
How to fix knex's "migration file not found for the latest batch": reconciling the knex_migrations table with the files on disk by restoring the deleted file or removing the orphaned row. Use when migrate commands fail because the latest batch references a file that no longer exists. Not for migrations that fail while…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - prisma Error P3015: Could not find the migration file for a recorded migration - alembic error: Can't locate revision identified by 'a1b2c3d4' after deleting a migration file
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: knex migration error: migration file not found for the latest batch
Problem outcome: unknown
How to fix rails' "Multiple migrations have the name CreateUsers" error: finding the two files that define the same migration class and renaming the one that has not applied yet. Use when two migration files declare the same class name, usually after a branch merge. Not for duplicate table creation or version-order pr…
A recovery playbook for golang-migrate's Dirty database version error: how to inspect what the failed migration partially applied, finish or undo it by hand, clear the dirty flag with migrate force, and verify the chain is clean. Use when migrate refuses to run because a version is marked dirty. Not for migrations tha…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent double-refunded a customer: refund script ran twice on retry - agent retried a failed migration without checking state first - the retry applied the same DDL twice and corrupted...
Problem outcome: unknown