Prisma Errors

This error occurs during prisma migrate reset when both the primary and fallback database cleanup methods fail. It typically indicates permission issues or database constraints preventing Prisma from fully resetting your development database.

Prisma throws P3011 when you try to mark a migration as rolled back even though it never ran — the CLI only allows `migrate resolve --rolled-back` on migrations that failed during execution.

This error occurs when you try to insert or update data that exceeds the maximum length defined for a database column. It's commonly caused by using default String types in MySQL which map to varchar(191) instead of TEXT.

Prisma successfully connected to your database server but the operation timed out before completion. This typically results from slow queries, database overload, network latency, or insufficient connection timeout settings.

The Prisma P2012 error occurs when you omit a required field in a create or update operation. This happens when a field marked as required (non-nullable) in your schema doesn't receive a value. The fix involves providing all required fields or making fields optional with default values or the ? modifier.

The Prisma P3009 error occurs when Prisma detects previously failed migration attempts in your database. This prevents new migrations from running until the failed migrations are resolved. The fix involves identifying and resolving the failed migration state, either by fixing the migration or resetting the migration history.

Prisma throws P3005 when you run an initial migration against a database that already contains tables. The CLI refuses to run until you either baseline the current schema or start from a clean database. Resolve the existing schema before rerunning Prisma Migrate so future migrations have a recorded history.

This Prisma error occurs when your schema references a model whose underlying database table has not been created yet. The fix involves applying pending migrations or synchronizing your schema with the database.

The Prisma P2027 error occurs when multiple database-level issues happen simultaneously during query execution. This commonly happens with MongoDB when transactions are attempted without a replica set, data type mismatches in PostgreSQL, or constraint violations. The fix depends on the specific underlying errors shown in the error details.

The Prisma P2010 error occurs when using $queryRaw or $executeRaw with invalid SQL syntax, type mismatches, or database constraint violations. This error surfaces underlying database problems through Prisma's raw query interface.

Prisma cannot establish a connection to your database server. This typically occurs due to incorrect connection strings, network issues, firewall restrictions, or serverless databases in idle state.

Prisma Accelerate cannot connect to the database or the Accelerate API service is unreachable. This error typically stems from network connectivity issues, incorrect connection strings, firewall restrictions, or configuration problems with Prisma Accelerate setup.

The Prisma P2028 error occurs when there is an issue with transaction API usage in Prisma. This typically happens due to invalid transaction operations, attempting to use a transaction that has already been committed or rolled back, or nested transaction conflicts. The fix involves reviewing your transaction logic and ensuring proper transaction lifecycle management.

The Prisma P3008 error occurs when you attempt to use `prisma migrate resolve --applied` on a migration that has already been marked as applied in the _prisma_migrations table. This typically happens when trying to manually mark a migration as resolved, but the migration is already in the desired state. The fix involves checking your migration history and using the appropriate resolve command.

The Prisma P3003 error occurs when Prisma detects that the format of migration files has changed between different versions of Prisma. This typically happens when upgrading Prisma versions or when migration files have been manually modified. The fix involves resetting migrations or updating your migration workflow to be compatible with the new format.

The Prisma P2004 error occurs when a database constraint violation prevents data from being inserted or updated. This error indicates that your operation violated a database-level constraint like a unique key, foreign key, or check constraint.

Prisma fails to establish a secure TLS/SSL connection to your database, typically due to misconfigured connection string parameters, certificate validation issues, or incompatible SSL settings between your client and database server.

Prisma Accelerate cannot locate your project, typically due to an incorrect API key, disabled Accelerate project, or misconfigured connection string. This prevents query execution through Prisma's connection pooling service.

The Prisma P3017 error occurs when Prisma cannot locate a migration file that is referenced in the migration history. This typically happens when migration files are deleted, moved, or corrupted, preventing Prisma from applying or rolling back migrations. The fix involves restoring missing migration files or cleaning up the migration history.

This error occurs when trying to run Prisma migrations on cloud databases like PlanetScale or Vitess that restrict direct schema changes on production branches. These platforms enforce a branch-based workflow where schema changes must be made on development branches and deployed through merge/deploy requests.

The Prisma P2008 error occurs when the query engine encounters a syntax or structural problem while parsing your database query. This prevents query execution and requires fixing malformed query syntax, invalid field references, or incorrect query structure.

This error occurs when using Prisma Accelerate and the Prisma schema has not been properly synchronized with the Accelerate service. It typically happens during build or deployment when the client is generated before the schema is uploaded to Accelerate.

The P3000 error occurs when Prisma Migrate fails to create a database during schema deployment. This typically happens due to connection issues, insufficient permissions, or database conflicts. The error includes specific database error details that help diagnose the root cause.

This error occurs when Prisma attempts to create a database that already exists on your database server. Learn how to resolve conflicts and properly initialize your database schema.

The Prisma P3007 error occurs when you try to use preview features in your Prisma schema that are not yet supported by the schema engine for migrations. This typically happens when using experimental features that require specific Prisma versions or configuration. The fix involves removing unsupported preview features or updating your Prisma setup.

This error occurs when Prisma Accelerate encounters an unexpected server-side issue, often manifesting as a 502 Bad Gateway response. It typically indicates connectivity problems between Accelerate and your database, service availability issues, or transient infrastructure failures.

The Prisma P2002 error occurs when you attempt to insert or update a record with a value that violates a unique constraint in your database. This happens when trying to create a duplicate entry for a field marked as @unique, such as an email address that already exists. The fix typically involves checking for existing records before insertion or using upsert operations.

This error occurs when Prisma's connection pool is exhausted and cannot serve a query within the timeout period. It's most common in serverless environments, high-concurrency scenarios, or when running many parallel queries with insufficient connection limits.

The Prisma P5011 error occurs when your application exceeds the request rate limits of Prisma Accelerate. This typically happens during traffic spikes, high-concurrency scenarios, or when implementing aggressive retry logic without proper backoff strategies. The fix involves implementing rate limiting, adding exponential backoff, and optimizing your query patterns.

The Prisma P5007 error occurs when authentication fails to Prisma Accelerate due to an invalid or missing API key in your connection string. This error prevents your application from connecting to the database through Accelerate's managed proxy service. The fix involves verifying your API key, checking the connection string format, and ensuring your Accelerate project is enabled.

The Prisma P3010 error occurs when a migration name exceeds the maximum allowed length (typically 200 characters). This happens during migration creation when using descriptive names or auto-generated names from schema changes. The fix involves shortening migration names or using the --name flag to specify a shorter name.

The Prisma P6008 error occurs when Prisma cannot locate the required database triggers for its Pulse real-time features. This typically happens when triggers are missing, have incorrect names, or when database permissions prevent Prisma from accessing them. The fix involves verifying trigger existence and ensuring proper database configuration.

The Prisma P1012 error occurs when a required argument is missing from a Prisma Client query or mutation. This typically happens when you call a method without providing all required parameters, such as missing where clauses, data objects, or connection arguments. The fix involves checking your query syntax and ensuring all required arguments are provided.

The Prisma P4000 error occurs when the introspection command (prisma db pull) fails to generate a schema.prisma file from your database. This typically happens due to database connection issues, unsupported database features, or invalid database schema structures. The fix involves troubleshooting database connectivity and schema compatibility.

The Prisma P6001 error occurs when Prisma Pulse cannot authenticate with its real-time server. This typically happens due to invalid API keys, expired credentials, or network configuration issues preventing secure communication with the Pulse service. The fix involves verifying authentication credentials and network connectivity.

The Prisma P1003 error occurs when Prisma cannot find the specified database at the given location. This typically happens due to incorrect database names, connection string issues, or missing database files. The fix involves verifying your database configuration and ensuring the database exists.

The Prisma P2006 error occurs when you try to insert or update data that violates your database schema constraints. This validation error prevents invalid data from reaching your database and helps maintain data integrity.

Prisma throws P1015 when the schema asks for database features that the connected server version does not expose. The migration or introspection stops before generating SQL, and Prisma reports the exact version plus a list of the unsupported statements so you can align the schema with what the database actually supports.

The Prisma P2015 error occurs when Prisma cannot find a related record during a create or update operation. This typically happens when you try to connect a record to a non-existent foreign key reference, such as linking a post to a user that doesn't exist. The fix involves verifying your relation data and ensuring referenced records exist.

This error occurs when a database query through Prisma Pulse fails to return a response within the configured query timeout limit. Common causes include slow queries, insufficient database connections during high traffic, or database resource contention.

Prisma P2005 occurs when data in your database doesn't match the type defined in your Prisma schema. This type mismatch prevents Prisma from reading or updating records. Fix it by aligning your database values with your schema definition or adjusting your schema to match the actual data.

The Prisma P2030 error occurs when you try to use fulltext search queries without defining a fulltext index in your Prisma schema. This error is specific to MySQL databases and indicates that Prisma cannot find an appropriate fulltext index to execute your search query. The fix involves adding proper @@fulltext() attributes to your schema and ensuring your database supports fulltext indexing.

This Prisma error occurs when you try to disconnect a relation that doesn't exist or is already null, or when trying to connect records that don't exist in the database. It happens when foreign key constraints fail because related records are missing.

The Prisma P5004 error occurs when you attempt to use a feature that is not yet supported in Prisma Accelerate. This typically happens when trying to use advanced database operations, specific query patterns, or newer Prisma features that haven't been implemented in the Accelerate service yet. The fix involves identifying the unsupported feature and using alternative approaches or waiting for Accelerate to support it.

The Prisma P2023 error indicates a data type mismatch between your database and what Prisma expects based on your schema. This typically occurs due to integer overflow, invalid data types, failed conversions, or schema mismatches. The fix usually involves validating data types, migrating column types, or ensuring your schema matches your actual database structure.

The Prisma P2013 error occurs when a required field argument is missing in a query, typically in relation queries or nested writes. This happens when Prisma expects a specific argument for a field (like "create", "connect", or "connectOrCreate") but receives none or an incomplete set. The fix involves providing the missing relational argument according to Prisma's query syntax.

The Prisma P6009 error occurs when a real-time data stream connection is unexpectedly closed in Prisma Pulse or Accelerate. This typically happens due to network interruptions, server-side issues, or configuration problems that prevent maintaining stable WebSocket connections for real-time data synchronization.

The Prisma P2001 error occurs when you try to find, update, or delete a record using a where condition that doesn't match any existing records in your database. This is a common error when working with database queries that depend on specific record IDs or unique values that may not exist.

The Prisma P1016 error occurs when using raw SQL queries with parameter placeholders that don't match the number of provided values. This happens when you have mismatched placeholders (like $1, $2) and the actual parameter array length. The fix involves carefully counting placeholders and ensuring each has a corresponding value.

This error occurs when you try to run Prisma migrations with an outdated schema format that uses arrays for datasource providers. Prisma migrated from array-based provider definitions to single provider strings, requiring schema updates before migrations can proceed.

The Prisma P5000 error occurs when Prisma Accelerate cannot parse or understand a request from your application. This typically happens due to malformed query syntax, incompatible Prisma Client versions, or network issues corrupting the request payload. The fix involves checking your query structure, verifying Prisma Client compatibility, and ensuring network stability.

The Prisma P2016 error occurs when the query engine cannot interpret your database query due to ambiguity or invalid structure. This error prevents query execution and requires fixing the query syntax or structure.

The Prisma P2033 error occurs when you try to store or query with integer values that exceed the 64-bit signed integer range (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807). This typically happens when working with very large numbers, timestamps, or IDs that exceed this limit.

This Prisma Migrate error occurs when a database migration fails during execution and is automatically rolled back. The migration remains in a failed state and must be resolved before new migrations can be applied.

P1017 occurs when your database server unexpectedly closes the connection to Prisma. This can happen during migrations, query execution, or seed operations due to network issues, connection limits, or database server problems.

This error occurs during Prisma introspection when your database has cross-schema foreign key references or multiple schemas that aren't properly configured in your Prisma schema file.

The P6006 error indicates your Prisma version is not supported by Accelerate or Pulse. This typically occurs after upgrading Prisma to a version that hasn't been deployed to Accelerate's infrastructure yet.

This error occurs in Prisma versions before 3.0.1 when attempting to delete or modify a record that would break required foreign key constraints. The solution involves using referential actions or deleting related records first.

This error occurs when a Prisma Accelerate query exceeds the configured timeout limit. Common causes include slow queries, insufficient database connections during high traffic, or database resource contention.

This error occurs when Prisma Migrate fails to execute a migration against your database. The migration process halts, preventing new migrations from being applied until you resolve the underlying issue and reconcile the migration history.

Prisma surfaces P2034 when a transaction cannot commit because the database detected a write conflict or deadlock during the commit phase. Retry the transaction with Serializable isolation, a bounded retry loop, and less contention on the affected rows to let the operation finish successfully.

The Prisma P3004 error occurs when attempting to run migrations against a reserved system database like "mysql", "postgres", or "information_schema". This prevents accidental corruption of critical database infrastructure. The fix requires connecting to a user-created application database instead.

Prisma error P2026 occurs when your query uses a database feature that is not supported by your current database provider. Common examples include full-text search on SQLite, certain index types on MySQL, or advanced constraints not available in all databases.

This Prisma error occurs when your schema references a column that doesn't exist in your database. It typically indicates a mismatch between your Prisma schema and the actual database structure, often caused by failed migrations, manual database changes, or schema drift.

The Prisma P2025 error occurs when you try to update, delete, or connect to records that don't exist in your database. This commonly happens with delete operations ("Record to delete does not exist"), update operations ("Record to update not found"), or nested relation connects that reference missing records.

The Prisma P2019 error occurs when there is a problem with the input provided to a Prisma Client query. This generic input validation error indicates that query parameters or data don't meet expected requirements, such as missing required fields, incorrect data types, or invalid JSON path filters.

This error occurs when a Prisma Pulse subscription is terminated unexpectedly, often due to connection issues, resource limits, or manual cancellation. Understanding subscription lifecycle management is key to preventing this error.

This error occurs when Prisma Client tries to query a table that hasn't been created in your database yet. It typically happens when your schema.prisma file is out of sync with your actual database schema.

This error occurs when Prisma attempts to use transactions on a standalone MongoDB instance. MongoDB requires replica sets for transaction support, which Prisma uses internally for nested writes and data consistency.

This error occurs when attempting to mark a migration as rolled back using `prisma migrate resolve --rolled-back`, but the migration is not currently in a failed state. The rollback flag only works with migrations that have actually failed during application.

This error occurs when Prisma Migrate cannot automatically create a temporary shadow database during development migrations. The shadow database is used to detect schema drift and validate migrations before applying them.

This error occurs when you try to create or update a record with a foreign key value that doesn't match any primary key in the referenced table. Verify the referenced record exists and check for data type mismatches between your schema and database.

Azure SQL and some cloud databases don't allow automatic shadow database creation. Prisma Migrate needs a shadow database for development to detect schema drift. Configure a manual shadow database URL in your datasource to resolve this error.

The P2018 error occurs when Prisma cannot find the records you're trying to connect in a relation operation. This typically happens when you're using connect, connectOrCreate, or disconnect operations with IDs that don't exist, or when dealing with explicit many-to-many relationships.

This error occurs when running prisma db pull (or prisma introspect) against a database that contains no tables. Prisma cannot generate models from an empty database, so introspection fails.

This error occurs when the database provider in your Prisma schema differs from the provider recorded in migration_lock.toml. It prevents applying migrations created for a different database system.

Prisma detects that your schema changes would cause data loss. This occurs when adding required fields without defaults, dropping columns, or changing field constraints. Resolve it by modifying your schema, using the --accept-data-loss flag carefully, or customizing migrations.

The Prisma P1010 error indicates that the database user lacks the required permissions to perform operations, typically during migration or connection initialization. This usually occurs due to insufficient CREATE DATABASE privileges for shadow databases or incorrect connection credentials. Resolving it requires granting proper database permissions or configuring a shadow database URL.

This error occurs when Prisma Pulse cannot establish a connection to your database server, typically due to network issues, incorrect connection strings, firewall restrictions, or database unavailability. Resolving connectivity is essential for enabling real-time subscriptions.

This error occurs when your Prisma Accelerate project exceeds the included query limit on your current pricing plan. It only occurs on the free tier when you hit the 60,000 monthly queries limit.

The Prisma P6005 error occurs when you provide invalid or incompatible parameters to Prisma Pulse operations, typically with transaction timeouts or configuration settings that exceed service limits. This usually happens with misconfigured transaction parameters or incompatible Prisma versions with Pulse.

This error occurs when Prisma tries to create foreign key constraints in your schema but the database doesn't support them (like PlanetScale). Resolve it by switching to emulated relations mode or enabling foreign key support in your database.

This error occurs when you try to create or update a record without providing a required value for a non-nullable field. Ensure all required fields in your Prisma model have values before saving, check that default values are properly configured, and verify your schema matches your database constraints.

The P2020 error occurs when Prisma receives a value that exceeds the limits of the database column type. This commonly happens with invalid datetime values (like 0000-00-00 in MySQL), numeric values exceeding column precision/scale in PostgreSQL, or passing overly large decimal numbers. The error indicates a mismatch between your data and the database schema constraints.

This error occurs when Prisma's shadow database (used for detecting schema drift) cannot apply your migrations cleanly. Common causes include schema drift, permission issues, manual database changes, or conflicting migrations. Resolve it by resetting your database, syncing your schema, or fixing permissions.

The Prisma P5002 error occurs when a database query through Accelerate exceeds the global timeout limit (10 seconds for regular queries, 15 seconds for transactions). This typically happens due to insufficient database connections, slow queries, database resource constraints, or geographic latency. The fix involves increasing connection limits, optimizing queries, or adjusting timeouts.

This error occurs when Prisma Pulse attempts to serialize database change events but encounters unsupported data types or circular references. It prevents real-time notifications from being transmitted to subscribers.

The Prisma P2009 error occurs when the query engine successfully parses your query but detects structural, type, or schema validation issues. This typically involves field mismatches, type errors, or missing required arguments. Fixing it requires aligning your query with the current schema.

The Prisma P2007 error occurs when data provided to a Prisma operation fails validation checks. This error indicates that your input data is malformed, missing required fields, or doesn't match the expected schema structure, preventing the database operation from proceeding.

The P5001 error in Prisma Accelerate occurs when a database query needs to be retried due to Query Engine initialization. This typically happens after idle periods of 10+ minutes when a new Query Engine is provisioned. The error is usually temporary and handled automatically by Prisma's built-in retry mechanism.

P1008 occurs when Prisma Client cannot complete database operations within the connection timeout window, typically caused by database overload, pool exhaustion, or slow queries. Solutions involve adjusting timeout settings, optimizing queries, or managing connection pools.

Prisma migration files are missing or out of sync with your database. This error occurs when the migration directory exists but the migration.sql file is absent, often after git operations or branch switching.

Prisma cannot parse your database connection string. This occurs when your DATABASE_URL has formatting errors, missing components, invalid characters, or incompatible parameters. Common causes include unescaped special characters in passwords, missing database names, and incorrect URL schemes.

Prisma cannot authenticate with your database server due to invalid credentials, misconfigured connection strings, or authentication plugin mismatches. This occurs when your username, password, or connection parameters are incorrect.