enumerationListContext

Last updated: January 30, 2026

enumerationListContext is a custom policy check that tells Liquibase that if a context is provided, the context value must match a specified pattern. This is different from UserDefinedContextCheck because context is not required in this check.

Before you begin

Scope

Database

database

Relational

Before you begin

  • Liquibase 4.29.0+

  • Python 3.10.14+

  • Configure a valid Liquibase Pro license key

  • Create a Check Settings file

  • Ensure the Liquibase Checks extension is installed. In Liquibase 4.31.0+, it is already installed in the /liquibase/internal/lib directory, so no action is needed.

  • If the checks JAR is not installed, download liquibase-checks-<version>.jar and put it in the liquibase/lib directory.

    • Maven users only:

      Add this dependency to your pom.xml

      file: <dependency> <groupId>org.liquibase.ext</groupId> <artifactId>liquibase-checks</artifactId> <version>2.0.0</version> </dependency>

  • Java Development Kit 17+ (available for Open JDK and Oracle JDK)

  • Linux, macOS, or Windows operating system

Procedure

These steps describe how to create the Custom Policy Check. It does not exist by default in Liquibase Pro.

1

Provide Liquibase with a label value by entering this into the CLI:

liquibase checks copy --check-name=UserDefinedLabelCheck
2

Give your check a short name for easy identification

Use up to 64 alpha-numeric characters only.

In this example we will use:
ContextEnvironmentsDevUatProd
3

Set the Severity to return a code of 0-4 when triggered.

These severity codes allow you to determine if the job moves forward or stops when this check triggers. Learn more here: Use Policy Checks in Automation: Severity and Exit Code options: 'INFO'=0, 'MINOR'=1, 'MAJOR'=2, 'CRITICAL'=3, 'BLOCKER'=4

4

Set the OPERATOR to the REGEXP option.

These are the options for this step: STARTS_WITH, ENDS_WITH, CONTAINS, REGEXP, EQUALS) [STARTS_WITH].

In this example, since we are creating a regex check, we will set the operator to REGEXP.

5

Set the SEARCH_STRING (options: a string, or a valid regular expression)

Regular expression
(?i:crq\d+)

Sample Passing Changeset

--changeset ASmith:table01 context:PROD create table table01 (     id numeric not null,     name varchar (255) );

Sample Failing Changeset

--changeset ASmith:table01 context:INVALID_ENVIRONMENT create table table01 (     id numeric not null,     name varchar (255) );

Sample Error Message

DATABASE CHECKS ---------------- Checks completed validation of the changelog and found the following issues: Check Name:         Chained checks template (EnumerationListContext) Changeset ID:       table01 Changeset Filepath: changelogs/changelog.sql Check Severity:     MAJOR (Return code: 2) Message:            If context is provided, value must be DEV, UAT, or PROD.