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Apply missing database migrations out of order - #54392
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What this changes and why
Today goose.Up uses high-water-mark semantics: it only runs migrations numbered above the newest applied version (GetDBVersion → Migrations.Next). Any known-but-unapplied migration numbered below the high-water mark is silently skipped, even though MigrationStatus/compareMigrations already detects it as missing via set comparison.
That single behavior is why patch releases are painful:
A migration ships in a patch (e.g. 4.91.1) with a timestamp older than migrations already merged to main for 4.92.0.
Customers upgrading 4.91.1 → 4.92.0 would skip the older-numbered 4.92 migrations, so main's migrations get renumbered (tools/bump-migration).
Renumbering invalidates developer databases (the old version becomes "unknown", the renumbered migration re-runs against an already-migrated schema), forcing devs to wipe and re-migrate.
This PR makes Upset-based: it applies every known migration not yet applied, in ascending version order — the same model as Rails, Django, and upstream goose's WithAllowMissing. With this in place:
The patch-release migration is picked up automatically on the next fleet prepare db, for customers and developers alike.
Renumbering (and the resulting dev DB wipes) is no longer needed.
Safety gate
Out-of-order application is gated by a floor version, goose.Client.MinOutOfOrderVersion:
A missing migration numbered below the newest applied version is applied only if it is at or above the floor; otherwise it is skipped with a log line (legacy behavior). This keeps historical gaps on old customer databases (e.g. the 4.4.0/4.4.1 and 4.73.2 renumbering artifacts) from suddenly being applied against a much newer schema.
The floor does not constrain a fresh database or normal upgrades — migrations above the newest applied version always run, in order.
Fleet's table-migrations client sets the floor to 20260101000000. The data-migrations client is left at 0 (out-of-order disabled) since data migrations are frozen.
UpByOne and GetDBVersion are unchanged — they drive the per-migration tests (applyUpToPrev/applyNext) which intentionally apply migrations strictly in order.
Follow-ups (out of scope here, for discussion)
Update docs/Contributing migration guidance and eventually retire tools/bump-migration once we trust this.
Review rule: a migration cherry-picked into a patch release must be order-independent of migrations in flight on main.
Optionally generalize FixFleetv4732Migrations into a rename-reconciliation step for dev DBs that already contain renumbered versions.
Testing
Added/updated automated tests
New MySQL-backed test TestUpOutOfOrder in server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/out_of_order_migrations_test.go covers: applying a missing middle migration after later ones were applied, floor gating (zero floor = legacy behavior, below-floor gaps left alone), idempotency, and fresh-database behavior.
Ran locally with MYSQL_TEST=1:
go test ./server/goose/...
go test -run 'TestUpOutOfOrder|TestCollation|TestUp_2026' ./server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/
go test -run 'TestMigrationStatus|TestV4732MigrationFix|TestMigrations' ./server/datastore/mysql/
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Ensured the migration can be retried if it was partially applied after a failure. (No schema migrations added; runner change only.)
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New Features
Upgrades can apply eligible missed migrations newer than the v4.94.0 release-candidate cutoff, even after later migrations have been applied.
Fresh databases continue to apply migrations in order, including those before the cutoff.
Bug Fixes
Previously applied migrations are not run again, and missed migrations before the cutoff remain skipped during upgrades.
Change goose Up from high-water-mark semantics (only run migrations
numbered above the newest applied version) to set-based semantics: apply
every known migration not yet applied, in ascending version order.
A missing migration numbered below the newest applied version (e.g. one
shipped in a patch release after later-numbered migrations were already
applied) is now picked up on the next migration run instead of being
silently skipped. This removes the need to renumber migrations after
patch releases, which invalidated developer databases.
Out-of-order application is gated by a floor version
(Client.MinOutOfOrderVersion, set to 20260101000000 for Fleet table
migrations) so historical gaps on old databases are left alone. The
floor only constrains out-of-order application; a fresh database still
applies everything.
- Explain why the data migrations client keeps out-of-order disabled.
- Note for migration authors (tables/migration.go and database rules)
that migrations must be order-independent since they can now run after
later-numbered ones.
- Mention the out-of-order floor in the changes file.
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Review comments at @server/goose/up.go:
- Line 19: Update Up to serialize migration runs with a database lock held for
the entire run, using a connection that remains open for the lock’s lifetime so
MySQL session-scoped locking works. Acquire the lock before calling
pendingMigrations, then determine pending migrations only after the lock is
acquired; release the lock and connection when Up finishes.
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Goose now loads applied migration versions and uses a configurable minimum version to decide whether missing migrations can run after a higher version. MySQL table migrations set that minimum to 20261014132040. Data migrations keep the minimum at zero. Tests cover out-of-order migrations, fresh databases, and repeated migration calls.
Possibly related PRs
fleetdm/fleet#56881: Moves the v4.94.0 release content and version boundary to main, establishing the release boundary referenced by the migration floor.
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The change is mergeable with awareness that overlapping database preparation runs can rerun a migration and fail. Avoid concurrent runs until migration execution is serialized; the remaining test improvements are optional.
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- Line 44: Update UpByOne’s version selection so out-of-order migration records
do not make it select an already-applied migration after applying a missing
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Do we want to set this a bit later in 2026. If this is going to say, be available after 4.93, the latest migration in rc-minor-fleet-v4.93.0: 20260925170000_WidenQueryResultsIDAndAddResultsCutoff.go (Sept 25 2026). Should we set it to something like this (20260925170000)?
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I don't think it matters. It's more a point in time to indicate where the previous order was guarenteed. We can update this periodically if necessary but I don't think we need to atm
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Do we want to raise at least a warning here? This means that there is a migration in the migration_status_tables table, but not found on the file system. Could be due to changing branches with migrations on it. This could lead to orphaned changes in structure.sql. It's a vector that could be made more common with out of order migrations.
1. Patch upgrades can fail on software titles 🐞 Bug≡ Correctness
Description
The new out-of-order floor allows the software-title source migration to run after the title-repair
migration, even though the latter can independently create a replacement title with the same bundle
identifier. When an upgrade has applied the repair but missed the earlier source migration, changing
the original title to apps collides with that replacement under the unique software-title index,
so fleet prepare db fails.
The repair can run without the source migration: it selects software whose source differs from its
title, then creates an apps title and repoints the software row. The earlier migration
subsequently changes qualifying pkg_packages titles to apps without checking for that title; the
unique index rejects two titles with the same bundle identifier, source, and extension.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
The out-of-order floor permits a missing source migration to run after the title-repair migration has created a conflicting `apps` title, causing a duplicate-key failure.
## Fix Focus Areas
- server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/migration.go[30-35]
- server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20260316120001_MigratePkgSourceToApps.go[12-17]
- server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20260316120002_FixMismatchedSoftwareTitles.go[51-97]
## Recommended Fix
Make the earlier migration reconcile existing `apps` titles and their references before changing `pkg_packages` titles, or exclude this migration from out-of-order execution until that case is safe. Add a test that applies the repair first with the source migration absent, then applies the missing migration.
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2. Parallel upgrades can repeat migrations 🐞 Bug☼ Reliability
Description
Up takes one AppliedVersions snapshot and uses it for the entire migration loop rather than
checking the recorded state before each migration. If another upgrader commits a migration while
this upgrader is still processing an earlier one, the stale map still marks that later migration as
pending and runMigration executes it again.
The applied-version query finishes before execution and produces a map that is never refreshed. Each
migration runs in its own transaction without checking whether another process has recorded that
version in the meantime; the previous Up queried the database again between migrations.
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## Issue description
A single applied-version snapshot lets concurrent upgrade processes execute a migration that another process committed after the snapshot.
## Fix Focus Areas
- server/goose/up.go[24-45]
- server/goose/migration.go[37-67]
## Recommended Fix
Coordinate concurrent migrators with a database-backed lock held across the migration pass, or otherwise make checking and claiming each pending migration atomic before executing it. Test two upgrade processes that start while migrations remain pending.
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Is this a moving target that shifts when a migration inter-dependency comes up? I think it will need to change over time right? It seems to me that a migration could depend on another even in the future at some point so we'd want to be able to change this -- ideally the release before it comes up -- so that the floor moves.
It could also be set as a floor as the last commit of a release so the released floor of a 4.xx.0 build becomes the absolute "out of order" floor. That might be the sanest way to use this all as-is.
Out-of-order floor is now anchored to the v4.94.0 RC (@rfairburn good call). MinOutOfOrderVersion is now 20261014132040, the first migration on main after the rc-minor-fleet-v4.94.0 cut (the RC's newest is 20261014074522_ResetPendingAppleCertRenewals). Everything shipped in ≤ 4.94.0 predates the order-independence rule and had its relative order guaranteed by sequential releases, so those migrations are no longer eligible for out-of-order application. Any gap there is historical and stays untouched. Anything newer remains eligible, which still covers the backport case since new migrations always get fresh timestamps. The comment on the constant documents the convention going forward: bump the floor to the first post-RC migration when we want to anchor to a new release's ordering guarantee.
Fixed the UpByOne version-selection issue (CodeRabbit). After an out-of-order apply, the newest record in the version table isn't the highest applied version, so UpByOne's walk forward from GetDBVersion could re-select an already-applied migration. Up and UpByOne now share a pendingMigrations helper: Up applies all pending migrations in ascending order, UpByOne applies the lowest one and returns ErrNoNextVersion when nothing is pending (preserving its existing at-the-top behavior for migration-retry-check and the goose CLI). Added TestUpByOneOutOfOrder covering the exact scenario: v1+v3 applied, v2 added with an older timestamp → UpByOne applies v2, does not re-run v3, and a second call returns ErrNoNextVersion.
Note this only affects dev tooling — the production path (fleet prepare db → MigrateTables → Up) never used GetDBVersion for selection.
Verified locally: goose unit tests, the out-of-order MySQL integration tests, and incremental lint all pass.
Add a below-floor missing migration to the UpByOne test.
TestUpByOneOutOfOrder has no missing version below oooFloor. Its only pending candidate is oooV2. A change that ignored MinOutOfOrderVersion in pendingMigrations would give the same result, so this test would still pass. Add oooVOld to the client and assert that it stays unapplied. Without the floor check, oooVOld would sort before oooV2 and would be applied first, so the new assertion fails on that regression.
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Review comment at
@server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/out_of_order_migrations_test.go around
lines 114 - 117:
Update TestUpByOneOutOfOrder to include oooVOld in the full client and assert
after UpByOne that its marker is absent, while preserving the existing assertion
that oooV2 is applied.
Cover lowest-first selection in the out-of-order state.
Cover lowest-first selection in the out-of-order state.
At the UpByOne call in TestUpByOneOutOfOrder, only one version is pending. A selection that takes the highest pending version would pass this test. The test does not check that UpByOne picks the lowest of several eligible versions when one of them is below the applied maximum.
Add a case where at least two versions below the highest applied version are pending. Run UpByOne once. Assert that the lowest pending version is applied and the others remain pending.
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Review comment at
@server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/out_of_order_migrations_test.go around
lines 114 - 117:
Update TestUpByOneOutOfOrder to leave at least two versions below the highest
applied version pending, then call UpByOne once. Assert that it applies the
lowest pending version and leaves the other pending versions unapplied.
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Minor · Stability & Availability · Poor tradeoff
Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
# Lock usage anywhere in the repository (vendor excluded).
rg -n -i -e 'GET_LOCK' -e 'RELEASE_LOCK' -e 'advisory' --glob '!vendor/**' -- .||test"$?" -eq 1
# Callers of the migration entrypoints.
rg -n -F -e 'MigrateTables' -e 'MigrateData' -e 'goose.Up' -- cmd server ee pkg 2>/dev/null ||test"$?" -eq 1
# Non-idempotent ADD COLUMN statements in the table migrations (no IF NOT EXISTS guard).
rg -n -i 'ADD COLUMN' server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables | rg -v -i 'IF NOT EXISTS'| head -n 20 ||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: fleetdm/fleet
Length of output: 34822
Serialize migration runs with a database lock.
Up runs the pending list captured once at line 19 and does not recheck applied state. Two concurrent fleet prepare db runs can both see the same migration as pending. The second run then reruns it. A migration such as server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/20240815000001_AddSelfServiceToVPPAppsTeams.go:13, which runs a plain ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN, fails on the duplicate column. That failure exits the process. The base code has the same race.
Hold a database lock for the full Up run. MySQL GET_LOCK is bound to one session, so acquire it on a connection that stays open until the run finishes.
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Review comment at @server/goose/up.go at line 19:
Update Up to serialize migration runs with a database lock held for the entire
run, using a connection that remains open for the lock’s lifetime so MySQL
session-scoped locking works. Acquire the lock before calling pendingMigrations,
then determine pending migrations only after the lock is acquired; release the
lock and connection when Up finishes.
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Input data is properly validated,
SELECT *is avoided, SQL injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements), JS inline code is prevented especially for url redirects, and untrusted data interpolated into shell scripts/commands is validated against shell metacharacters.Timeouts are implemented and retries are limited to avoid infinite loops
What this changes and why
Today
goose.Upuses high-water-mark semantics: it only runs migrations numbered above the newest applied version (GetDBVersion→Migrations.Next). Any known-but-unapplied migration numbered below the high-water mark is silently skipped, even thoughMigrationStatus/compareMigrationsalready detects it as missing via set comparison.That single behavior is why patch releases are painful:
mainfor 4.92.0.main's migrations get renumbered (tools/bump-migration).This PR makes
Upset-based: it applies every known migration not yet applied, in ascending version order — the same model as Rails, Django, and upstream goose'sWithAllowMissing. With this in place:fleet prepare db, for customers and developers alike.Safety gate
Out-of-order application is gated by a floor version,
goose.Client.MinOutOfOrderVersion:20260101000000. The data-migrations client is left at 0 (out-of-order disabled) since data migrations are frozen.UpByOneandGetDBVersionare unchanged — they drive the per-migration tests (applyUpToPrev/applyNext) which intentionally apply migrations strictly in order.Follow-ups (out of scope here, for discussion)
docs/Contributingmigration guidance and eventually retiretools/bump-migrationonce we trust this.main.FixFleetv4732Migrationsinto a rename-reconciliation step for dev DBs that already contain renumbered versions.Testing
New MySQL-backed test
TestUpOutOfOrderinserver/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/out_of_order_migrations_test.gocovers: applying a missing middle migration after later ones were applied, floor gating (zero floor = legacy behavior, below-floor gaps left alone), idempotency, and fresh-database behavior.Ran locally with
MYSQL_TEST=1:go test ./server/goose/...go test -run 'TestUpOutOfOrder|TestCollation|TestUp_2026' ./server/datastore/mysql/migrations/tables/go test -run 'TestMigrationStatus|TestV4732MigrationFix|TestMigrations' ./server/datastore/mysql/QA'd all new/changed functionality manually
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