CapabilityData & PersistenceNode.js, read from its artifacts

Schema evolution

Getting a model change into a database that already holds data, in every tenant, without losing any of it. Generating the initial schema and migrating one that already holds data are often treated as the same step.

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Overview

SAP SHIPS

@sap/cds-mtxs

@sap/cds

Runs cds deploy, deriving and applying the delta for the model changes a compiler can work out on its own.

SourceSchema Evolutionchecked 2026-08-31

@sap/hdi-deploy

Brings an HDI container up to the current design-time files as a delta: added and modified files are deployed, deleted ones only when undeploy.json or --auto-undeploy asks for it. For SAP HANA it is what cds deploy runs.

Source@sap/hdi-deploy 5.7.0 — README, Delta Deployment and Undeploy Allowlistchecked 2026-09-11

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THE COMMUNITY ADDS

@cap-js-community/common

Migration Check: flags incompatible CDS model changes and maintains a whitelist of compatible ones via the cdsmc CLI.

Sourcecap-js-community/common — Migration Checkchecked 2026-08-31

cds-dbm

@quadrio/cds-dbm

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