# openspec/changes/archive/2026-05-18-database-setup-recovery
dir: openspec/changes/archive/2026-05-18-database-setup-recovery

index: openspec/changes/archive/2026-05-18-database-setup-recovery/.pi-map.index.md

## role
Documents a completed database setup and recovery feature implementation for containerized API application startup resilience.
## files
- .openspec.yaml | Defines an OpenAPI specification metadata file with schema type and creation date
- design.md | Design document for implementing automatic database migrations, connection retries, and graceful error handling on application startup | dep: SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Docker
- proposal.md | Proposes architectural changes for automatic database initialization, migration management, and seed data handling in a containerized API application | dep: alembic, docker-compose, traefik, python/fastapi, postgres/sqlalchemy
- tasks.md | Project task checklist tracking completion of database initialization, error handling, Docker integration, and testing work items.
## arch
Specification-driven development using OpenAPI metadata standards with structured design/proposal/task documentation pattern for tracking infrastructure feature delivery.
## tags
design, database, handling, docker, .openspec, automatic, error, application
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