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Overview

Refreshes the PostgreSQL, Neon, and Supabase migration guides that will support the Accelerate sunset. Customers can move to Prisma Postgres without coupling the database migration to a Prisma ORM upgrade.

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Changes

  • Rebuilds all three guides around the same safe sequence: inspect the source, create an empty target, export, restore atomically, verify exact row counts, then reconnect the application.
  • Adds modular application paths for Prisma 8, Prisma 7 or earlier, and non-Prisma PostgreSQL clients. Prisma 8 adoption remains a separate recommended follow-up.
  • Documents the former-Accelerate cutover details: pooled runtime URLs, direct CLI URLs, extension and cache API removal, older engine-less client cleanup, and the edge-runtime/TCP compatibility boundary.
  • Adds provider-specific handling for Neon branch/database selection and Supabase connection types, managed-service exclusions, schema filtering, extensions, RLS policies, and the existing public schema conflict.
  • Uses restore manifests and a single transaction so incompatible source-only policies can be omitted selectively and failed restores leave the destination unchanged.

Why

The previous guides mixed database migration with version-specific Prisma setup and contained outdated provider comparisons. A shared database-first spine reduces cutover risk, while provider-specific preflight and restore handling covers the failure modes customers are most likely to encounter. Keeping the ORM upgrade optional gives the Accelerate sunset one migration path and lets readers choose the application instructions that match their current stack.

Validation

  • pnpm lint:links
  • targeted CSpell check for all three pages
  • pnpm --filter docs types:check
  • pnpm --filter docs test:llm-markdown
  • pnpm --filter docs lint:agent-ready
  • rendered all three routes through the local docs server
  • exercised PostgreSQL 17 custom-format dump/restore, atomic rollback, exact row-count comparison, extensions, views, RLS policies, and selective policy omission against disposable PostgreSQL and Prisma Postgres databases
  • verified pooled reads and a rolled-back write through Prisma 7
  • verified a signed Prisma 8 database still passes prisma db verify after dump and restore

Known limitations

  • The production build compiled successfully but page-data collection requires MXBAI_API_KEY, which is not available in this checkout.
  • Neon and Supabase console selection steps were checked against their current documented UI and connection behavior; no authenticated provider account was available for a live console walkthrough.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Expanded PostgreSQL import and Neon/Supabase migration guides for Prisma Postgres.
    • Added PostgreSQL 17 compatibility checks, schema, extension, policy, and row-count validation.
    • Documented compressed backups, manifest-based restores, connection options, and application verification.
    • Clarified migration steps for Prisma 8, earlier Prisma versions, Accelerate, and non-Prisma applications.
    • Added cutover, rollback, cleanup guidance, and service-specific limitations.

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Walkthrough

The PostgreSQL migration documentation now covers source inspection, PostgreSQL 17 dump and restore workflows, validation, Prisma-version-specific reconnection, non-Prisma applications, write-freeze requirements, cutover, cleanup, and provider-specific limitations.

Changes

PostgreSQL migration guides

Layer / File(s) Summary
Source and destination validation
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx
The guides define migration scope, prerequisites, source inspection, connection requirements, and empty Prisma Postgres destination checks.
Dump and restore workflows
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx
The guides add source write suspension, compressed exports, manifest filtering, transactional restores, role and extension handling, and statistics refreshes.
Migration verification
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx
The guides add exact row-count comparisons and schema, extension, policy, and contract checks while source writes and production traffic remain paused.
Application reconnection
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx
The guides route applications by Prisma version or ORM usage and distinguish pooled runtime URLs from direct administrative URLs.
Cutover and follow-up
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx, apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx
The guides gate traffic cutover on application checks and document read-only rollback windows, dump-file cleanup, Prisma 8 upgrade guidance, and related migration links.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to dff05

The guides may cause db verify to fail for users whose Prisma configuration does not define a database connection, so the three instructions should explicitly pass the direct URL. The PR remains mergeable with owner awareness and this bounded documentation follow-up.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SourceDatabase
  participant MigrationOperator
  participant PrismaPostgres
  participant Application
  SourceDatabase->>MigrationOperator: provide source snapshot
  MigrationOperator->>SourceDatabase: freeze writes
  MigrationOperator->>PrismaPostgres: restore and analyze snapshot
  MigrationOperator->>PrismaPostgres: verify counts, schema, policies, and contract
  Application->>PrismaPostgres: run application checks
  MigrationOperator->>Application: switch production traffic after checks pass
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`@apps/docs/content/docs/`(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx:
- Around line 112-122: Replace the detailed pg_dump option blocks with reference
links while preserving the migration sequence in all three affected files:
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx
lines 112-122,
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx lines
120-130, and
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx lines
125-136.
- Around line 190-198: Update the final cutover procedures in
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx
lines 190-198,
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx lines
198-206, and
apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-supabase.mdx lines
219-227 to require stopping or draining source writes before the final dump and
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apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx (1)

231-237: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Pass DIRECT_URL explicitly to db verify.

If prisma.config.ts does not define db.connection, db verify has no connection unless it receives --db. Update all three sections to use npx prisma@latest db verify --db "$DIRECT_URL".

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In `@apps/docs/content/docs/guides/switch-to-prisma-postgres/from-neon.mdx` around
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apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx
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- Around line 231-237: Update all three database verification commands to pass
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231-237,
apps/docs/content/docs/(index)/prisma-postgres/import-from-existing-database-postgresql.mdx
lines 223-229, and
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252-258. Keep the surrounding migration guidance unchanged.

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luanvdw requested a review from ankur-arch August 28, 2026 11:52
…itional in migration guides

- Pass --db "$DIRECT_URL" to prisma db verify (required unless prisma.config.ts sets db.connection) and state its exit codes
- Prisma 7 path: point prisma.config.ts datasource.url at DIRECT_URL; Accelerate removal is now a conditional sub-step instead of assumed for every reader
- Move the edge-runtime/TCP note into the Accelerate section where it applies
- Tighten step titles and cross-references; split semicolon sentences

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