Contract references list only the forms each command accepts; migration status and db migrate resolve @contract and @db

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Linked issue

n/a — no Linear ticket. Defects were found against prisma@8.0.0-rc.17 and rc.19 with a local PostgreSQL 15.

At a glance

migration status --to @contract, before (with db.connection configured and the database at the emitted contract):

{ "ok": false, "error": { "code": "MIGRATION.REF_NOT_FOUND", "summary": "Not a known contract reference: \"@contract\"" } }

After:

{ "ok": true, "summary": "Up to date", "spaces": [{ "space": "app", "currentContract": "c0ffee…", "targetContract": "c0ffee…", "migrations": [{ "name": "20260101T0000_initial", "status": "applied" }] }], "diagnostics": [] }

db migrate --to @db on a database with no marker, before: MIGRATION.RUNNER_FAILED ("Plan destination storage hash (empty) does not match provided contract storage hash"). After:

✔ Already up to date

App space
├─ (no operations)
└─ marker empty

Summary

Every CLI command resolves a contract reference with one parser, parseContractRef in @internal/migration-tools. It accepts a full hash, a hash prefix, a ref name, a migration directory name, <dir>^, and three reserved tokens: @contract (the emitted contract), @db (the live database marker) and @empty (the empty contract). Help text advertised forms the parser never accepted, and migration status, db migrate, db sign and db update each handled the reserved tokens differently or not at all. After this change, each flag lists exactly the forms its command accepts, and every command that accepts a reserved token resolves it the same way.

What each command does now

Command	@contract	@db	@empty
migration status --to / --from	the emitted contract, offline	the live marker (needs a connection); --from @db is the same as omitting --from	the empty contract
db migrate --show --to / --from	the emitted contract	the live marker	the empty contract
db migrate --to	same as omitting --to	the live marker: "Already up to date"	the empty contract: "Already up to date" on an empty database, MIGRATION.PATH_UNREACHABLE otherwise
db sign, db update --to	refused, MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR	refused	refused
migration plan --from	not accepted (MIGRATION.REF_NOT_FOUND)	not accepted (see Deferred)	the empty origin
migration plan --to	not accepted (MIGRATION.REF_NOT_FOUND)	not accepted (see Deferred)	refused, MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR

./path is not a contract reference form anywhere; it is gone from every help line, doc and skill reference that listed it.

Behavior changes in detail

1. Help text. Every flag that takes a contract reference builds its list from one module, cli/src/utils/contract-ref-forms.ts, which builds the reserved-token part from the token list @internal/migration-tools exports (RESERVED_CONTRACT_REFS). db sign's positional and --contract list the same forms. migration plan --to no longer claims "same grammar as --from", which included @empty.
2. A missing connection gives a retry command that keeps the user's flags. One builder, retryCommandFor, makes the retry for migration status, db migrate --show, db migrate and db update. It repeats --from, --to, --advance-ref and --dry-run as given, so db migrate --to prod without a connection suggests prisma db migrate --to prod --db $DATABASE_URL instead of a command that would migrate past prod. @db in either flag reports CONFIG.DB_CONNECTION_REQUIRED with meta.missingFlags: ['--db']. db migrate raises it from prepareMigrationRun, so a missing driver still reports CONFIG.DRIVER_REQUIRED.
3. migration status. --to and --from apply to the app space; extension spaces target their own head, as db migrate does. With an offline --from, status now checks that the target is reachable and reports "No migration path from the --from contract (…) to the target (…)" instead of "Up to date". If the space without a path is an extension, the summary names that space and offers no --to or migration plan remedy, since neither moves an extension. With an offline --from, extension spaces start from the empty contract. When status reads the marker (live origin or --to @db) and the app marker is not in the migration graph, it warns MIGRATION.MARKER_NOT_IN_HISTORY. That includes the case this change was opened for: the marker equals the emitted contract but no migration ends there (after db update), where status used to say "Up to date" while db migrate refused.
4. Which markers count as part of a space's history is one predicate, isInSpaceHistory, beside isGraphNode in @internal/migration-tools: a graph node, or the head of a space that has no migrations. The second part keeps two states quiet: an all-external extension space at its declared head, and a project with no migrations whose marker is the emitted contract (the state db update, db sign and contract infer leave behind), as on main.
5. db migrate --show. --to @db resolves the target from the marker. The tree labels @db (at ∅ when the database has no marker) in each space whose plan starts from the marker (every space for a live origin; the app only for --from <contract> --to @db). Whenever the command reads the database, an app marker outside the graph is refused with MIGRATION.MARKER_MISMATCH, the same error db migrate gives. Before, --show --to @db printed "nothing to run" in that state. This includes a project with no migrations whose marker is the emitted contract: plain db migrate --show used to say "nothing to run" there and now exits 2, as db migrate does. The database: header line appears whenever the command reads the database.
6. db migrate --to. @contract behaves exactly like an omitted --to, so the apply contract is contract.json, not a snapshot copy. @db resolves to the live marker after it is read, and an unmarked database resolves to the empty contract. A space with no marker whose plan has nothing to do (∅ → ∅) is not handed to the runner, which used to fail it with MIGRATION.RUNNER_FAILED. Every other space still goes to the runner whenever any space has work, so the runner keeps verifying the app schema after an extension-only upgrade, as on main. The runner receives the resolved ref name (--to prod passes refName: 'prod'), not the raw --to text.
7. db sign and db update --to refuse the reserved tokens through the shared resolver (resolveContractRefToSnapshot), with MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR, before any connection check. The message names the argument and the forms it takes, for example: "@db is a reserved reference; --to takes a migration destination recorded in the migrations directory (hash, prefix, ref name, migration dir name, or ^)". Before, db update --to @empty crashed with CLI.UNEXPECTED.

Code moved into @internal/migration-tools

• RESERVED_CONTRACT_REFS, isReservedContractRef and isLiveMarkerRef live beside parseContractRef; the CLI keeps no copy of the token list.
• contractHashAtMarker(marker) lives beside ContractMarkerRecordLike and replaces the inline "marker hash, or the empty contract" expressions in the code this change touches.
• isInSpaceHistory (item 4 above).

In the CLI, liveMarkerUse decides whether --from/--to read the live marker, and requireDatabaseForLiveMarkerUse reports a missing connection; migration status and db migrate --show share both.

Decisions

• @empty and @db stay accepted as db migrate --to. --to @empty behaves like any hash with no route: "Already up to date" on an empty database, MIGRATION.PATH_UNREACHABLE otherwise. The released CLI already accepted both in migration status and --show.
• "empty" stays the JSON name for "no marker". The whole CLI uses it; changing it is a separate change to the JSON contract.
• A project with no migrations stays quiet in migration status when its marker is the emitted contract. Warning there told the user to run db sign or db update, the command they had just run.
• db migrate --show refuses wherever db migrate refuses, including that no-migrations state. A preview that says "nothing to run" where the apply fails is worse than a refusal. The disagreement with migration status in that one state is listed under Deferred.

Testing performed

Unit and command tests, written before each change and seen failing first:

• cli/test/orm/migration-status-contract-refs.test.ts and migration-status.test.ts: every reserved token on --to and --from; extension spaces get the same document with and without --to @contract; offline --from behind the target reports no path; --to @db with a marker outside the graph warns; an empty-graph extension at its head and an app with no migrations at its head stay quiet; retry commands keep --to.
• cli/test/orm/migrate-show.test.ts and migrate-show-extensions.test.ts: --to @db, --from @empty --to @db (target labelled @db), a marker outside the graph refused for plain --show and --to @db, the no-migrations project refused, @db drawn only in trees whose plan starts from the marker, the no-connection errors with missingFlags and retry text.
• cli/test/orm/migrate-to-contract.test.ts: --to @contract passes no refHash and the emitted contract; --to @db and --to @empty on an unmarked database pass refHash: 'empty'; --to prod passes refName: 'prod'; a missing driver reports CONFIG.DRIVER_REQUIRED.
• cli/test/control-api/migrate-runner-schedule.test.ts: an unmarked app with an empty target is never handed to the runner; an app at its head is handed to the runner together with an extension that has work.
• cli/test/orm/db-sign.test.ts, db-update-to-resolution.test.ts: the three tokens are refused with MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR, including db update --to @db with no connection; db update retries keep --to, --advance-ref and --dry-run.
• cli/test/control-api/ref-resolution.test.ts, cli/test/orm/status-summary.test.ts: the retry builder, and the no-path summary for the app and for an extension space.
• migration/test/refs/contract-ref.test.ts, graph-membership.test.ts, aggregate/marker-types.test.ts: the token predicates, isInSpaceHistory, contractHashAtMarker.
• test/integration/test/cli-journeys/migration-status-diagnostics.e2e.test.ts: after db update moves the marker off the graph, status warns instead of saying "Up to date".

Real PostgreSQL 15 runs of the built CLI against a two-migration project with a prod ref, 29 cases, all as expected: each row of the table above, the no-connection retries for every command, a marker moved outside the graph, db migrate --to @contract with the snapshot store removed, and the help text of every affected flag.

Checks on the final head: @internal/migration-tools build, test (615), typecheck, lint; @internal/cli build, test (1890), typecheck, lint; pnpm check:error-reference; pnpm lint:deps; pnpm lint:throws; pnpm lint:casts; pnpm check:upgrade-coverage --mode pr against the merge base. Integration files run locally: migration-status-diagnostics, cli.db-sign-ref-advancement, cli.migrate-external-space, cli.migrate-drift-check, cli.migrate-ref-advancement, cli.config-section-requirements, and the drift-marker, interleaved-db-update, marker-read-errors-status-empty-migrations, adopt-migrations and divergence-and-refs journeys (22 files, 124 tests).

Docs

• docs/architecture docs/subsystems/7. Migration System.md: one "Contract-reference grammar" section with the forms, the tokens, and which argument accepts which; other mentions link to it.
• docs/design/10-domains/migration/README.md, docs/CLI Style Guide.md, docs/reference/error-reference.md (MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR), and the CLI README (migration status now documents --to and --from).

Skill update

skills/prisma-8/references/migration-model.md no longer lists ./path as a migration plan --from form.

Deferred

• @db still carries a placeholder hash (TML-3484). parseContractRef returns hash: '' for @db. Every command in this change tests isLiveMarkerRef before parsing, but migration ref set @db and migration plan --from @db / --to @db still reach the placeholder (migration plan reports MIGRATION.HASH_NOT_IN_GRAPH for hash ""). The fix is a ContractRef variant with no hash. migration plan grammar is unchanged by this pull request, so @contract there still reports MIGRATION.REF_NOT_FOUND.
• The unreachable-path hint suggests --to empty (TML-3485). db migrate --to @empty on a marked database suggests migration plan --from <hash> --to empty, which migration plan rejects.
• MIGRATION.REF_WRONG_GRAMMAR cannot say "this argument does not take reserved tokens". Its expectedGrammar is contract for these refusals, so a program reading meta cannot tell them from a migration reference passed where a contract was needed.
• The remaining ?? EMPTY_CONTRACT_HASH expressions in code this change does not touch could use contractHashAtMarker.
• A project with no migrations (TML-3486): migration status is quiet while db migrate and db migrate --show refuse with MIGRATION.MARKER_MISMATCH. db migrate behaves the same on main.
• db migrate --to @db --advance-ref <name> on a database with no marker (TML-3487) fails at the end with CLI.INTERNAL_ERROR (a snapshot hash check), because the target is the empty contract. Nothing is written to the database. main fails the same way for --to empty --advance-ref. It needs a decision on what a ref at the empty contract means.
• migration status for an all-external extension space (TML-3489) that db migrate advances without migrations reports no path on a fresh database. Same as on main.
• Read commands report a missing driver as CONFIG.DB_CONNECTION_REQUIRED (TML-3488). Changing it changes the envelope of migration log and plain migration status.

Alternatives considered

• Warn in migration status for every app space with no migrations. Rejected: right after db update or db sign the warning sent the user back to the command they had just run, and main's adoption test expects no warning.
• Keep every space with nothing to do away from the runner. Rejected: the runner verifies the app schema after each app plan, including an empty one, so an extension-only upgrade would stop checking the app schema.
• Resolve db migrate --to @contract to its hash like any other hash. Rejected: it then loads the contract from the snapshot store, so it fails when the snapshot is missing and can apply an outdated copy.
• Put {bin} in the why text of connection errors. Not done: no other CLI error does; {bin} appears in fixes and next actions only.

Checklist

• All commits are signed off (git commit -s) per the DCO.
• I read CONTRIBUTING.md and the change is scoped to one logical concern.
• Tests are updated.
• The PR title is in TML-NNNN: <sentence-case title> form — no Linear ticket exists for this work.
• The Skill update section above is filled in.

Notes for the reviewer

This change touches neither examples/ nor packages/3-extensions/, so no upgrade-instructions declaration is required.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Migration commands now resolve @db references through live database markers and distinguish live-marker use from offline reference resolution. The CLI rejects reserved references in db sign and db update --to, updates reference-form descriptions, and avoids scheduling migration plans that require no execution.

Changes

Migration reference handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reference rules and reserved inputs packages/1-framework/3-tooling/migration/src/refs/contract-ref.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/migration/src/constants.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/utils/contract-ref-forms.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/control-api/operations/contract-snapshot-resolution.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/control-api/operations/ref-resolution.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/db/sign.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/db/update.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/migration/plan.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/*, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/migration/test/*, docs	Shared helpers classify reserved references and format accepted reference forms. db sign and db update --to return structured grammar errors for reserved references. CLI help and reference documentation list the supported forms.
Migration target resolution and execution packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/migrate.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/control-api/operations/migrate.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/migrate.test.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/control-api/migrate-runner-schedule.test.ts	migrate --to @contract resolves the emitted contract, while --to @db resolves the live marker. Plans that target the empty contract without operations remain out of the runner schedule.
Migration preview live-marker targets packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/control-api/operations/migrate-show.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/migrate-show.test.ts	migrate --show reads live markers when the origin or target uses @db. Its result flag tracks live-marker use by the origin.
Migration status reference resolution packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/migration/status.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/control-api/operations/migration-status-overlay.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/exports/control-api.ts, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/migration-status.test.ts	Migration status resolves non-live references offline and uses database markers for live origins or targets. Marker-derived status calculations and annotations depend on whether the origin is live.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MigrateCommand
  participant RefResolution
  participant LiveDatabase
  participant ContractSnapshot
  participant MigrationRunner
  MigrateCommand->>RefResolution: Resolve non-live target references
  RefResolution-->>MigrateCommand: Return resolved contract target
  MigrateCommand->>LiveDatabase: Read marker when target is @db
  LiveDatabase-->>MigrateCommand: Return app-space marker
  MigrateCommand->>ContractSnapshot: Load contract for selected target
  MigrateCommand->>MigrationRunner: Execute plans that require work

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An explicit status comparison can misleadingly say “Up to date,” and a suggested retry can change the requested target. These should be corrected, but their limited scope does not otherwise block merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to e831f

The inspected paths retain configured database authority and contract validation, and no new security attack path was established. Remaining uncertainty concerns whether all state transitions are accounted for when skipping no-op plans and recovering from interrupted execution.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The inspected database-reaching flows operate with the caller's configured connection, driver, and extensions. Their effective scope includes the loaded app and extension spaces reachable with those database privileges; no new credential source or cross-environment authority was identified in these flows.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Status resolves live references through marker and ledger reads, not migration execution. Preview similarly reads markers and closes its client in a finally block. Execution retains aggregate integrity, marker-history, and reference-invariant checks before invoking migrate.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The shared execution tail delegates marker advancement to the family runner and propagates runner failures without separately advancing markers. This establishes CLI ownership boundaries, but the concrete runner's transaction and recovery implementation was not verified in this pass.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Validate that equal-hash, zero-operation plans cannot require invariant or ledger updates before treating them as state-neutral. The scheduling predicate checks operations and storage hashes, while recorded-path plans also carry provided invariants and migration edges.

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migrate-show.ts still names a command that does not exist. At this branch's head, commandName: 'migrate --show' (line 213) has no retryCommand, so the fix text reads "Run prisma migrate --show --db <url>". The why strings at lines 124 and 212 also say "migrate --show". The command is prisma db migrate --show; every other commandName in production code uses the full command name.

This belongs in this pull request because it rewrites those lines. #30527 corrects the same kind of name in docs/reference/error-reference.md and leaves this file alone to avoid a conflict.

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Ran this branch's CLI (20615a96f0, packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/dist/bin.mjs) against PostgreSQL 15 to prepare the docs change, prisma/web#8349. Most of the description holds. Three things do not:

1. db migrate --to @db fails on a database with no marker. @db resolves to the empty contract, as the description says, but the apply then exits 2 with MIGRATION.RUNNER_FAILED: "Plan destination storage hash (empty) does not match provided contract storage hash (a4c3fa7…)". db migrate --show --to @db and migration status --to @db on the same database exit 0 with "up to date".
2. db migrate --to @empty never succeeds. On a database with a marker it fails with MIGRATION.PATH_UNREACHABLE, as the description says. On an empty database it fails with MIGRATION.RUNNER_FAILED, the same error as item 1. rc.19 does the same. The help text for db migrate --to now lists @empty, so the help promises a form that does not work.
3. Two help lines are still out of date. migration status --from says "Supplying it switches to offline path computation", which is not true for --from @db. db migrate --from lists "(@contract, @db, hash, ref name, or dir)" and leaves out the hash prefix, <dir>^, and @empty, which all work.

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Replying to the two comments from columbo-92 (one, two). Every item is fixed in b2eb5aad3f, and later review rounds kept the fixes:

• migrate --show named a command that does not exist. The connection error now names db migrate --show in its why, and its retry is prisma db migrate --show ….
• db migrate --to @db on a database with no marker now reports "Already up to date". A space with no marker whose plan has nothing to do is no longer handed to the runner.
• db migrate --to @empty now reports "Already up to date" on an empty database and MIGRATION.PATH_UNREACHABLE on a marked one. @empty stays in the db migrate --to help, because it now behaves like any hash with no route.
• The two help lines are fixed. migration status --from says the path is computed offline unless --from or --to is @db. db migrate --from lists every form it accepts, from the same list as --to.

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