feat(backend): add TypeORM migrations and disable synchronize outside development - #175
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… development The backend relied on `synchronize` to build its schema, which can drop columns or lose data on a production deploy, and the deploy script called a `migration:run` script that did not exist. - Add `src/config/database.config.ts` as the single source of truth for the connection options, shared by the Nest app and the TypeORM CLI so both always agree on where entities and migrations live. - Add `src/data-source.ts` for the CLI, loading `.env` on its own. - Generate the initial migration covering all 20 entities, plus an explicit `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp"` so it is self-contained. - Enable `synchronize` only when `NODE_ENV` is exactly `development`; every other value (including unset) gets `migrationsRun` instead, so pending migrations are applied on startup before traffic is served. - Add `migration:generate`, `migration:create`, `migration:run`, `migration:revert` and `migration:show` scripts, plus `:prod` variants that use the compiled `dist/data-source.js` and need no ts-node. - Point `scripts/deploy-backend.sh` at `migration:run:prod`. - Document the workflow in `backend/docs/DATABASE_MIGRATIONS.md`.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 5 remain after this review. WalkthroughThe backend adds shared TypeORM configuration, an initial schema migration, CLI migration commands, environment loading, serialized production migration execution, startup migration wiring, and migration workflow documentation. ChangesTypeORM migrations
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Non-development deployments can silently use predictable database credentials and database names when required configuration is missing, creating a bounded risk of connecting to the wrong database or using insecure access settings. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up to require or fail fast on missing production configuration. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant DeployBackend
participant Application
participant MigrationEntrypoint
participant runPendingMigrations
participant PostgreSQL
DeployBackend->>MigrationEntrypoint: run production migration command
Application->>runPendingMigrations: run before application setup
MigrationEntrypoint->>runPendingMigrations: execute selected operation
runPendingMigrations->>PostgreSQL: acquire advisory lock
runPendingMigrations->>PostgreSQL: apply or record migrations transactionally
runPendingMigrations->>PostgreSQL: release advisory lock
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In `@backend/src/config/database.config.ts`:
- Around line 38-39: Update the TypeORM configuration’s migrationsRun setting to
false so application instances never execute migrations automatically, including
outside development; leave migration execution to a single serialized pre-deploy
job or an explicitly advisory-lock-protected migration process.
In `@backend/src/migrations/1787556591758-InitialSchema.ts`:
- Around line 6-9: Update the InitialSchema1787556591758 migration workflow to
provide and document a one-time, schema-verified baseline procedure for
databases created via synchronize: verify the existing verifications schema
matches the migration, record InitialSchema1787556591758 in the migrations table
without replaying its DDL, and ensure normal fresh-database migration execution
remains unchanged. Validate the procedure against a copy of the pre-migration
production schema.
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Addresses two failure modes found in review. Concurrent runs: TypeORM decides which migrations are pending before recording them and takes no cross-process lock, so a rolling deploy or a second replica could run the same non-idempotent DDL twice. `migrationsRun` is now `false` everywhere; instead `main.ts` calls `runPendingMigrations` before `app.listen()`, which holds a PostgreSQL session-level advisory lock across the run. A second process blocks until the first commits, then finds nothing to apply. `migration:run:prod` now runs the same code path via a standalone `dist/migrate.js` entry point, so the deploy script and the app cannot race each other either. Existing databases: a schema built by `synchronize` has the tables but no row in the `migrations` table, so `InitialSchema` would fail on `CREATE TABLE "verifications"`. Add `migration:baseline` / `migration:baseline:prod` (`migration:run --fake`) and document the drift check that must precede them. Verified against PostgreSQL 16: two concurrent `dist/migrate.js` processes both exit 0 with exactly one migration applied and one row recorded; a synchronize-built database reproduces the "already exists" failure and is then recovered by the documented baseline procedure.
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28-28: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReject malformed
DB_PORTvalues.
parseIntaccepts valid prefixes. For example,DB_PORT=5432oopssilently becomes5432. It returnsNaNfor other invalid values. Parse the value strictly and require an integer in the range1through65535before creating the data source.As per path instructions, this backend review checks input validation before use.
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27-31: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winFail fast when production database settings are missing.
When
NODE_ENVis notdevelopment, these fallbacks still selectlocalhost,postgres,postgres, andsecuredata. A misconfigured production process can connect to an unintended local database with predictable credentials and apply migrations there. Require the database settings outside development instead of silently using development defaults.Suggested direction
- host: get('DB_HOST') ?? 'localhost', - username: get('DB_USERNAME') ?? 'postgres', - password: get('DB_PASSWORD') ?? 'postgres', - database: get('DB_DATABASE') ?? 'securedata', + host: development ? get('DB_HOST') ?? 'localhost' : requireEnv(get, 'DB_HOST'), + username: development ? get('DB_USERNAME') ?? 'postgres' : requireEnv(get, 'DB_USERNAME'), + password: development ? get('DB_PASSWORD') ?? 'postgres' : requireEnv(get, 'DB_PASSWORD'), + database: development ? get('DB_DATABASE') ?? 'securedata' : requireEnv(get, 'DB_DATABASE'),As per path instructions, this backend review checks security posture and sensitive data exposure.
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In `@backend/package.json`:
- Around line 24-25: Serialize every production migration operation with
MIGRATION_ADVISORY_LOCK_KEY: update migration:revert:prod and
migration:baseline:prod in backend/package.json to use lock-aware entry points,
revise runPendingMigrations in backend/src/database/run-migrations.ts so the
advisory lock and TypeORM migration execution share one QueryRunner/session, and
update backend/docs/DATABASE_MIGRATIONS.md to document the coordinated
production procedure.
In `@backend/src/database/run-migrations.ts`:
- Around line 49-53: Update backend/src/database/run-migrations.ts lines 49-53
in the finally block to nest the advisory unlock in a try/finally, ensuring
queryRunner.release() always executes when the unlock query rejects. Add a
rejection case in backend/src/database/run-migrations.spec.ts lines 58-68 and
assert that release() is called.
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In `@backend/src/config/database.config.ts`:
- Line 28: Update the DB_PORT parsing in the database configuration to reject
malformed values rather than accepting numeric prefixes, and require a finite
integer between 1 and 65535 before constructing the data source. Preserve the
5432 default when DB_PORT is unset, and use the validated port value for the
port configuration.
- Around line 27-31: Update the database configuration around the host, port,
username, password, and database settings to require explicit environment values
whenever NODE_ENV is not development, throwing a clear configuration error for
any missing required setting; retain the current development defaults only when
NODE_ENV is development.
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`migration:revert:prod` and `migration:baseline:prod` drove the TypeORM CLI
directly and took no advisory lock, so an operator reverting or baselining
could still race an instance applying migrations on startup.
Extract the lock into `withMigrationLock` and give `dist/migrate.js` three
subcommands — `run`, `revert`, `baseline` — that all go through it. The three
`:prod` scripts now call those, so every schema change against a shared
database is serialised; `migration:show:prod` is added for the read-only case.
The docs say plainly that the unlocked `migration:*` scripts are for a
developer's local database only.
Also fix two smaller problems:
- A failing `pg_advisory_unlock` skipped `queryRunner.release()`, leaking a
connection on every such failure. The release is now in its own `finally`.
- `runMigrations({ fake: true })` always resolves to an empty array — TypeORM
records the migration and skips the bookkeeping it does for real runs — so
the baseline log claimed nothing had happened when it had. Read the pending
migrations before faking them and report those.
Verified against PostgreSQL 16: run, revert and baseline all work through
`dist/migrate.js`; a synchronize-built database still fails a plain run with
"already exists", and baseline now reports the migration it recorded, leaves
all 21 tables untouched, and makes the following run a no-op.
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`process.argv[2] in COMMANDS` matched inherited properties, so `node dist/migrate.js toString` resolved to `Object.prototype.toString`, exited 0 and migrated nothing — a typo in a deploy script would have silently skipped the migration step. Move command resolution into `database/migration-commands.ts` with an own-property check, so an unrecognised name throws and exits non-zero, and so the resolution is unit-testable without importing the self-invoking entry point. Verified: `node dist/migrate.js toString` and `... bogus` now exit 1 with "Unknown command ... Expected one of: run, revert, baseline"; the bare `node dist/migrate.js` still defaults to applying pending migrations.
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Closes #165
What
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synchronize-driven schema management with a proper TypeORM migration workflow, so the backend can be deployed without risking column drops or data loss.Changes
backend/src/config/database.config.ts(new) — single source of truth for the connection options, shared by the Nest app and the TypeORM CLI so both always agree on where entities and migrations live.backend/src/data-source.ts(new) —DataSourceinstance for the CLI (-d src/data-source.ts). Loads.envitself, and never synchronizes or auto-runs migrations as a side effect.backend/src/database/run-migrations.ts(new) — run / revert / baseline, each under a PostgreSQL advisory lock (see below).backend/src/migrate.ts/backend/src/database/migration-commands.ts(new) — standalone deploy entry point (node dist/migrate.js <run|revert|baseline>), no Nest and nots-node.backend/src/migrations/1787556591758-InitialSchema.ts(new) — initial migration generated from the current entities: 20 tables, their indexes, enum types and theissuance_records → health_authoritiesFK. An explicitCREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp"was added at the top ofup()so the migration is self-contained rather than depending on the driver installing it.backend/src/app.module.ts—TypeOrmModule.forRootAsyncnow builds its options from the shared config instead of inlining them.backend/src/main.ts— applies pending migrations beforeapp.listen()outside development.backend/package.json— migration scripts (below) anddotenvas an explicit dependency (it was only present transitively via@nestjs/config).scripts/deploy-backend.sh— now callsnpm run migration:run:prod; the oldnpm run typeorm migration:runreferenced a script that did not exist.backend/docs/DATABASE_MIGRATIONS.md(new) — workflow documentation.synchronize/ startup behavioursynchronizeistrueonly whenNODE_ENVis exactlydevelopment. The check is deliberately strict, so an unsetNODE_ENVis treated as non-development and does not enable auto-sync.In every non-development environment
main.tsapplies pending migrations beforeapp.listen(), so the app never serves traffic against a stale schema.Why not
migrationsRunmigrationsRunisfalseeverywhere, deliberately. TypeORM decides which migrations are pending before recording them and takes no cross-process lock, so during a rolling deploy — or with more than one replica, or with the deploy script racing a starting instance — two processes can each conclude the same migration is pending and run its non-idempotent DDL twice.withMigrationLockinstead wraps every schema operation in a PostgreSQL session-level advisory lock: the second process blocks until the first commits and releases, then re-reads the migrations table and finds the work already done.migrationsRunruns insideDataSource.initialize(), before that lock can be taken, which is why it is not used.Every production schema command goes through that lock —
migration:run:prod,migration:revert:prodandmigration:baseline:prodare allnode dist/migrate.js <command>, so the deploy script, the app's startup path and an operator running a revert cannot race one another. The plainmigration:run/migration:revert/migration:baselinescripts drive the TypeORM CLI directly, take no lock, and are documented as being for a developer's local database only.The lock is held on its own connection rather than the one TypeORM uses for the DDL. An advisory lock is a mutex between sessions and only needs to be held for the duration of the work it guards; a dedicated session also keeps it alive across the several connections TypeORM opens and closes while migrating. This relies on session pooling — the docs note that behind PgBouncer in
transactionmode, migrations need a direct connection.Baselining a database built by
synchronizeAn existing database has all the tables but no row in
migrations, soInitialSchemawould fail onCREATE TABLE "verifications".migration:baseline/migration:baseline:prod(migration:run --fake) record it as applied without replaying the DDL, andbackend/docs/DATABASE_MIGRATIONS.mddocuments the drift check that must precede them — generate against the live database and confirm it reports no changes before faking anything. Fresh databases need none of this.Scripts
migration:generatemigration:createmigration:runmigration:revertmigration:showmigration:baselinemigration:run:prodnode dist/migrate.js run— advisory-lockedmigration:revert:prodnode dist/migrate.js revert— advisory-lockedmigration:baseline:prodnode dist/migrate.js baseline— advisory-lockedmigration:show:prodThe
:prodvariants exist for two reasons: they take the advisory lock, and they need nots-node— a devDependency the deploy script'snpm install --productiondoes not install.Verification
All of this was run against a real PostgreSQL 16 instance.
Fresh database
migration:runon an empty database → migration applied, 21 tables created (20 entities +migrations).migration:revert→ migration reverted, only themigrationstable left behind.migration:show→ correctly reports applied[X]/ pending[ ]state.migration:generatere-run against the migrated database → "No changes in database schema were found", confirming the migration matches the entities exactly.migration:run:prodon an empty database → "Applied 1 migration(s)"; re-run → "Schema is up to date; no migrations to apply."migration:revert:prod→ schema torn down, only themigrationstable left;migration:baseline:prodon an already-current database → "Nothing to baseline", no DDL run.node dist/migrate.js bogusandnode dist/migrate.js toString→ both exit1with "Unknown command ... Expected one of: run, revert, baseline"; a barenode dist/migrate.jsdefaults torun.Concurrency
node dist/migrate.jsprocesses started simultaneously against an empty database → both exit0, one reports "Applied 1 migration(s)" and the other "Schema is up to date", with exactly 1 row inmigrations.Existing
synchronize-built databasemigration:run:prod→ fails withalready exists, reproducing the problem the baseline procedure exists for.migration:baseline:prodreported "Recorded 1 migration(s) as applied without running them: InitialSchema1787556591758", all 21 tables were left untouched, and the subsequentmigration:run:prodwas a clean no-op.Build and tests
npm run build→ the 7 TypeScript errors present are unchanged frommain(they live incredential-export,health-authorityandidentity, none of which this PR touches).npm test→ 7 failed / 17 passed suites, 12 failed / 179 passed tests onmainvs 7 failed / 20 passed suites, 12 failed / 208 passed tests on this branch. Identical failures; the deltas are the 29 new tests added here.Tests
backend/src/config/database.config.spec.ts—synchronizetrue only fordevelopment; false forproduction/staging/test/ unset;migrationsRunnever true; connection values read from the environment; migrations directory and tracking table wiring.backend/src/database/run-migrations.spec.ts— work runs strictly between acquiring and releasing the advisory lock; the lock is released when the work throws; the query runner is released even when the unlock query itself fails; and run, revert and baseline each go through the lock with the right options (transaction: 'all', plusfake: truefor baseline).backend/src/database/migration-commands.spec.ts— each command name resolves to its handler, the bare default isrun, and inherited property names (toString,constructor,hasOwnProperty,__proto__) are rejected rather than silently resolving to something offObject.prototype.Acceptance criteria
backend/src/migrations/npm run migration:generatecreates a new migration from entity changesnpm run migration:runapplies all pending migrationsnpm run migration:revertreverts the last migrationsynchronizeistrueonly whenNODE_ENV=developmentdata-source.tsexists for TypeORM CLI usageNotes for reviewers
migration:generatediffs entities against a live database, so it must be pointed at one that is already current with the committed migrations.npm run formaton it would reformat against the codebase's prevailing single-quote style rather than toward it.npm run lintandnpm install(without--legacy-peer-deps) are both broken onmain— there is no ESLint config file in the repo, and@nestjs/swagger@11conflicts with@nestjs/common@10. Neither is touched here.Summary by CodeRabbit
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