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Prisma refuses to proceed after a recorded failure.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nWorkaround (not a fix): DATABASE_URL=... prisma db push (can drop data).\n\nMisleading approaches:\n- prisma db push without a backup - can cause data loss if the schema removes columns/tables\n\nOther error fragments:\n- New migrations cannot be applied before the error is recovered from\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm-docs/main/docs/troubleshoot/prisma_migrations.md (official_docs, 2026-09-27, official_recommended_action): LiteLLM runs prisma migrate deploy at startup; after rollbacks, _prisma_migrations can hold stale or failed entries causing 'relation ... does not exist' or 'New migrations cannot be applied before the error is recovered from'; fix by deleting the failed entries and restarting, prisma db push as last resort.\n\nSearch phrasings: litellm proxy rollback prisma migration error; litellm _prisma_migrations failed migration; 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use prisma db push only as a last resort after a backup.\n\nOption: Delete failed/stale _prisma_migrations rows and restart [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Rollback or failed migration states\nSteps:\n1. SELECT migration_name, finished_at, rolled_back_at, logs FROM \"_prisma_migrations\" ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT 20;\n2. DELETE FROM \"_prisma_migrations\" WHERE migration_name = '<failed>';\n3. Restart LiteLLM\nExpected: Migration re-applied on boot\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"a5aed0a7-c8eb-4e0b-b69b-c6f998219add","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Inspect _prisma_migrations (unfinished or rolled-back rows, or rows from the version you rolled back from), delete the offending entries, and restart so LiteLLM re-applies them; use prisma db push only as a last resort after a backup.\n\nOption: Delete failed/stale _prisma_migrations rows and restart [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Rollback or failed migration states\nSteps:\n1. SELECT migration_name, finished_at, rolled_back_at, logs FROM \"_prisma_migrations\" ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT 20;\n2. 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