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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 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.
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.
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 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…
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's warehouse query failed with timeout when agent tried sampling the failing table - Error: Error locking state: ConditionalCheckFailedException on the DynamoDB lock table
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: redshift vacuum failed: table lock timeout
Problem outcome: unknown
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.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's suggested index fixed the SELECT but the migration locked the table for 40 minutes during the ALTER - [migration agent ran alembic upgrade head and it timed out at 10 minutes - the migration …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent d1 migration locked the table during peak traffic
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's suggested index fixed the SELECT but the migration locked the table for 40 minutes during the ALTER - [migration agent ran alembic upgrade head and it timed out at 10 minutes - the migration …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent d1 migration locked the table during peak traffic
Problem outcome: unknown
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
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's SSH tunnel dropped mid-migration and alembic left an open transaction holding the lock - [agent's suggested index fixed the SELECT but the migration locked the table for 40 minutes during the…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent post-hook fix left the transaction open: table locked
Problem outcome: unknown
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.