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## Warnings

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## Title

    [uv] 'The lockfile at `uv.lock` uses an unsupported schema version (vN, but only vM is supported). Downgrade to a compatible uv version, or remove the `uv.lock`...' — lock written by a newer uv than …

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): uv only supports specific lockfile schema versions; an older uv cannot read a lock written with a newer schema.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Workaround (not a fix): Remove uv.lock and re-lock with the older uv (loses pinned resolution)
    
    Misleading approaches:
    - Deleting uv.lock in CI — silently re-resolves dependencies
    
    Limitations:
    - required-version setting not verified in sources read here
    
    Unknowns:
    - Which uv release introduced the latest schema version
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/uv/main/crates/uv/src/commands/project/mod.rs (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): uv error: lockfile uses an unsupported schema version (v{1}, but only v{0} is supported); suggests downgrading to a compatible uv or removing uv.lock before uv lock/sync.
    
    Search phrasings: uv.lock unsupported schema version; uv lock version mismatch ci; uv lockfile schema version downgrade
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "uv refuses to read uv.lock with an unsupported schema version error.",
      "context": "Product: uv\nComponent: lockfile schema\nOperation: uv sync/lock with an older uv binary than the one that wrote uv.lock\nAffected versions: Any uv version older than the lock writer when schema bumps\nEnvironment: CI images/containers with pinned or cached older uv; teammates with different uv versions\nTrigger: Mismatch between uv versions used locally and in CI.",
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        "literal_error_text": "The lockfile at `uv.lock` uses an unsupported schema version (v{1}, but only v{0} is supported). Downgrade to a compatible uv version, or remove the `uv.lock` prior to running `uv lock` or `uv sync`."
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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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      "status": "not_applicable"
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        "body": "Recommended action: Upgrade uv in CI (pin the same uv version everywhere, e.g. via setup-uv version or required-version in [tool.uv]) rather than deleting uv.lock.\n\nOption: Align uv versions [evidence: documented_workaround]\nApplies when: CI/local mismatch\nSteps:\n1. Check uv --version locally and in CI\n2. Upgrade CI uv to at least the local version and pin it\nExpected: Lockfile readable everywhere\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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