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Fix this in Article migration agent by move articles with the export and import tools or the API instead of the admin interface, and reserve the browser for checking one migrated article as a reader. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not for platform outages or billing ch…
Fix this in Article migration agent by migrate in collection sized batches with a checkpoint per collection, verify each batch on the target before starting the next, and resume a timed out run from the first unfinished collection. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not fo…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - mysql error: Lock wait timeout exceeded - try restarting transaction - how to find the blocker - jest "thrown: Exceeded timeout" with no stack trace in CI logs: how to get the real error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: mysql: ERROR 1205 (HY000): Lock wait timeout exceeded
Problem outcome: unknown
How to fix a migration that passed locally on sqlite but failed in production on postgres: reproducing on real postgres, fixing the dialect differences, and making CI test against postgres. Use when the local/prod database mismatch hides failures. Not for failures that reproduce on postgres locally.
Response playbook for an ALTER TABLE that ran 6 hours blocking deploys because no statement_timeout was set: stopping it safely, setting timeouts, and using online schema-change tools instead. Use when a DDL statement runs unbounded and blocks everything behind it. Not for slow DML or stuck queries.
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.
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…
How to fix gh-ost's "FATAL cannot acquire lock on table" during an online schema migration: finding the blocking workload, retrying the cutover in a quiet window, and tuning the lock settings. Use when gh-ost fails at the cutover step because it cannot get the brief table lock it needs. Not for failures during the row…
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 release a stuck liquibase changelog lock ("Waiting for changelog lock"): confirming no liquibase process is actually running, then clearing the lock with release-locks or a direct update to DATABASECHANGELOGLOCK. Use when liquibase waits forever on a lock left behind by a crashed or killed run. Not for locks he…
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…
Fixes scheduled migrations that run twice and double-apply. Use when a migration applies two times. Key trigger: duplicated migration effects.
Prevents D1 migrations from locking tables at peak with online migration patterns. Use when a migration blocks traffic. Key trigger: table lock during migration at peak.
Avoids deploy-stalling table locks by splitting migrations into expand-then-contract steps, using concurrent index builds, and running heavy backfills outside the deploy. Use when ALTER TABLE blocks writes, deploys stall on migrations, or you need zero-downtime schema changes on Postgres or MySQL. Not for initial sche…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Platform.sh build hooks cannot reach services: run DB migrations in the deploy hook - prisma Error P3009: migrate found failed migrations in the target database
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: database migration locking tables during deploy: how to avoid
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes MySQL 'Lock wait timeout exceeded' by identifying the blocking transaction via performance_schema or InnoDB status. Use when updates stall and then die on lock waits. Key trigger: the exact lock-wait-timeout error text.
Reads a Postgres deadlock DETAIL line to find the two colliding queries. Use when the log shows 'deadlock detected' with waiter and blocker processes. Shows how to map both PIDs to their SQL and fix the lock ordering. Key trigger: DETAIL names a waiter process blocked by another process.
Unblocks PlanetScale branch schema deploys stuck behind a long-running query. Use when a deploy sits in blocked or waiting state. Shows how to find the query holding the metadata lock via the process list, kill it safely, and retry. Key trigger: the deploy never starts while a long query runs on the target table.
Fixes agents hanging when wrangler d1 migrations apply stalls on remote after printing 'applying migration'. Use when the migration command hangs indefinitely. Not for migration SQL errors, journal conflicts, or local migration hangs.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Platform.sh build hooks cannot reach services: run DB migrations in the deploy hook - prisma Error P3009: migrate found failed migrations in the target database
Problem outcome: unknown