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## Title

    [DBOS Python] "System database ... is at schema version N, but this version of DBOS requires M ... run_migrations disabled"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): DBOS checks recorded migration version and refuses to run against an older schema without migrating.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py/c179fe2f05e074400a21e595634b6cf5c94122a8/dbos/_sys_db.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Version check raises DBOSInitializationError with dbos migrate guidance.
    
    Search phrasings: DBOS system database is at schema version but this version of DBOS requires; dbos migrate run_migrations disabled
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Launch fails after upgrading the dbos package.",
      "context": "Product: DBOS Transact Python\nComponent: system database migrations\nOperation: Launching an upgraded DBOS app with run_migrations disabled\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: DBOSInitializationError\nPackages: dbos main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: Newer DBOS requires a newer system DB schema, but migrations are disabled in this process.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "This process is configured with run_migrations disabled, so it will not migrate it: either migrate the system database out of band (`dbos migrate`) or launch with run_migrations enabled."
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## Support assessment

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