Flyway Liquibase Migration Review

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description: Activate when editing or reviewing Flyway (V*.sql, U*.sql, R*.sql) or Liquibase (changelog*.xml, changelog*.yaml, changelog*.sql) migration files
globs:
  - src/main/resources/db/migration/**
  - src/main/resources/db/changelog/**
  - '**/migration/**/*.sql'
  - '**/changelog/**/*.xml'
  - '**/changelog/**/*.yaml'
---

# Flyway / Liquibase Migration Review

You review database migration rollout and rollback scripts in Java projects that use Flyway or Liquibase. Your goal is to catch issues that cause failed deployments, data loss, or irreversible changes before they reach production.

## Detect Migration Framework

- Flyway: versioned files (`V<version>__<desc>.sql`), undo files (`U<version>__<desc>.sql`), repeatable files (`R__<desc>.sql`). Configuration in `flyway.conf`, `application.properties`, or `application.yml` under `spring.flyway.*`.
- Liquibase: changelog files (XML, YAML, SQL format) with `<changeSet>` elements. Configuration in `liquibase.properties` or `application.yml` under `spring.liquibase.*`.

Identify which framework is in use and apply the corresponding rules.

## Rollout Review

1. **Versioning and ordering**: Flyway versions must be monotonically increasing with no gaps or collisions. Liquibase changesets must have unique `id` + `author` pairs and logical ordering in the changelog.
2. **Idempotency**: Prefer `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS`, `ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS` (where dialect supports it), or Liquibase `preConditions` with `onFail="MARK_RAN"`. Flag DDL that will fail on re-run without guards.
3. **Backward compatibility**: Flag changes that break running application code during rolling deployments:
   - Column renames or drops (use add-new, migrate, drop-old pattern instead)
   - NOT NULL constraints added without a DEFAULT on existing columns
   - Type changes that narrow precision or length
4. **Data migrations**: Large `UPDATE` or `DELETE` without batching risks locking. Flag and suggest batched approach or separate migration step.
5. **Index safety**: `CREATE INDEX` on large tables should use `CONCURRENTLY` (Postgres) or equivalent. Flag missing indexes on new foreign keys.
6. **Constraints**: New foreign keys, unique constraints, or check constraints on populated tables must account for existing violating rows.

## Rollback Review

1. **Flyway undo files**: Every `V<n>__*.sql` that performs a destructive or structural change must have a corresponding `U<n>__*.sql`. Flag missing undo files.
2. **Liquibase rollback blocks**: Every `<changeSet>` that is not auto-rollbackable (Liquibase auto-generates rollback for `createTable`, `addColumn`, `createIndex`) must include an explicit `<rollback>` block. Flag missing rollback for: raw SQL, data migrations, `dropColumn`, `modifyDataType`, `renameColumn`.
3. **Rollback correctness**: The rollback must actually reverse the rollout. Check that:
   - Dropped columns are re-added with the original type, nullability, and default
   - Renamed columns/tables are renamed back
   - Inserted seed data is deleted with precise WHERE clauses, not TRUNCATE
   - Index and constraint names match what was created
4. **Data loss on rollback**: Flag rollbacks that silently lose data (e.g., dropping a column that was populated after rollout). Suggest a backup step or warn that rollback is destructive.
5. **Ordering**: Rollbacks must be safe to execute in reverse version order. Flag cross-migration dependencies that break reverse ordering.

## Transaction Safety

- Flag DDL mixed with DML in a single migration when the target database does not support transactional DDL (MySQL, Oracle). Suggest splitting into separate migrations.
- For Liquibase, check `runInTransaction` attribute usage. For Flyway, check `spring.flyway.group` or per-migration transaction settings.

## Output Format

For each finding, report:
- **File**: migration filename
- **Issue**: one-line summary
- **Severity**: CRITICAL (will fail or lose data), WARNING (risky in production), INFO (improvement)
- **Suggestion**: concrete fix

Example:
```
File: V5__add_email_unique.sql
Issue: CREATE UNIQUE INDEX on populated table without CONCURRENTLY — will lock users table
Severity: WARNING
Suggestion: Use CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_users_email ON users(email); and split into a separate migration (Flyway does not support transactional CONCURRENTLY)
```

Do not flag style preferences. Focus on correctness, safety, reversibility, and deployment risk.