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AI-generatedvtctl Rolling Upgrade vschema Consistency Gap
After a Vitess rolling upgrade initiated via vtctl in current releases, a failed step can leave vschema metadata in etcd out-of-sync with the actual tablet state across shards. This drift may not surface immediately but can cause DDL failures, query routing errors, or inconsistent results for downstream consumers. A Vitess vschema restoration command has a s