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# Backend Engineering

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 [![Dashboard-style cover showing Postgres migration operations sorted by lock severity from instant metadata change to full ACCESS EXCLUSIVE table lock](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/postgres-migration-safety-table-locks-cover.png)

Web Engineering • Sep 27, 2026

### Is Your Postgres Migration Safe? Catch the Table Lock First

Is your Postgres migration safe? Not if it takes ACCESS EXCLUSIVE on a hot table. The lock table and 5-step check that catches it before you run it.

8 min read

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