Automated Migration

Definitions

1. A schema or data migration executed through versioned automation as part of an application's deployment or startup workflow instead of being applied manually. Automated migrations improve consistency, but they require careful handling of reversibility, ordering, and long-running changes in production.

   In plain English: A database or data migration applied automatically by the deployment process.

   Example: "The release failed because the automated migration added the column but the old app version still could not tolerate the new not-null constraint."

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