MIGRATION CYCLE
Map the dependency graph first. Then execute in reviewable increments.
Migrations stall when teams start without knowing the full scope. Wakalix audits first, plans before any change, and hands each increment to your engineers for review before moving on.
Review a migration backlog item01
Audit — map the full scope
Read the codebase, the git history, and existing tests. Produce a dependency map: what changes, in what order, with what blast radius.
Scope document
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Plan — sequence the increments
Break the migration into work items ordered by dependency. Each WI is scoped to land in main independently — no half-migrated intermediate states.
Roadmap sign-off
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Execute — reviewable batch by batch
Each increment lands as a PR. Your engineers review before the next batch begins. No change proceeds past a CHANGES-REQUESTED.
Reviewed PRs
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Verify — tests confirm no regression
After each batch merges, a verifier confirms the live surface is intact. Test results travel with every increment.
Smoke pass
Framework
Major version upgrades
Breaking API changes, dropped features, new config patterns. Wakalix audits the call sites, patches by batch, and confirms the test suite stays green.
Dependency
Deprecated library replacements
Dropping an unmaintained package for a supported alternative. Interface mapping, shim layer if needed, coverage on the replacement path.
API contract
Client migration to a new version
Moving call sites from v1 to v2 contract, updating serialisation, adding new required fields — each change reviewed before the next begins.
In wakalix, migrations start with investigation, not code. The audit phase is not optional — a migration started without a dependency map typically reveals hidden scope mid-work, stalls, and leaves the codebase in a worse intermediate state than before. We map the full graph, agree the sequence with your team, and only then produce the first change batch. If the scope grows during execution, we document the new scope and let you decide whether to extend the cycle or close with a clean handoff.
Review a migration backlog item.
We'll audit the scope and show you what a first increment covers before committing to a full cycle.
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