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AI-generatedSurrealDB Schema Migrations and Multi-Master Replication: Consistency During Hot Upgrade
Integration Boundary Migrating a small SurrealDB-backed application to a new schema version without downtime requires coordinating online ALTER TABLE operations with the database's multi-master replication layer. The HTTP API permits issuing schema changes while the application continues serving requests, yet adding a NOT NULL column with a default value can