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What support does Liquibase have for ScyllaDB?

Last updated: August 12, 2026

ScyllaDB is a Cassandra-compatible database. Liquibase uses the Cassandra extension to connect to and deploy changes to ScyllaDB. For connection setup, see Connect Liquibase with Cassandra.

Supported Liquibase Secure Features

The following Liquibase Secure features are supported with ScyllaDB:

Policy Checks: Changelog checks and database checks are both supported.
Secrets Management: AWS Secrets Manager, AWS S3, and HashiCorp Vault are compatible with Liquibase and operate independently of the target database.
Structured Logging: Supported. Use --log-format=json to enable.
Operation Reports: Update, rollback, diff, drift, and checks run reports are all supported.
Flow Files: Supported.

Note: The DATABASECHANGELOGHISTORY table is not supported for ScyllaDB. Passing --dbclhistory-enabled=true does not create the table.

Supported Liquibase commands

The following Liquibase commands are available with ScyllaDB:

Command	Supported
`calculate-checksum`	Supported
`changelog-sync`	Supported
`changelog-sync-sql`	Supported
`changelog-sync-to-tag`	Supported
`changelog-sync-to-tag-sql`	Supported
`checks run`	Supported
`clear-checksums`	Not Supported
`connect`	Supported
`db-doc`	Supported
`dbcl-history`	Supported
`diff`	Supported
`diff-changelog`	Supported
`drop-all`	Supported
`execute-sql`	Supported
`flow run`	Supported
`future-rollback-count-sql`	Supported
`future-rollback-from-tag-sql`	Supported
`future-rollback-sql`	Supported
`generate-changelog`*	Supported
`history`	Supported
`list-locks`	Supported
`mark-next-changeset-ran`	Supported
`mark-next-changeset-ran-sql`	Supported
`release-locks`	Supported
`rollback`	Supported
`rollback-count`	Supported
`rollback-count-sql`	Supported
`rollback-one-changeset`	Supported
`rollback-one-changeset-sql`	Supported
`rollback-one-update`	Supported
`rollback-one-update-sql`	Supported
`rollback-sql`	Supported
`rollback-to-date`	Supported
`rollback-to-date-sql`	Supported
`set-contexts`	Supported
`set-labels`	Supported
`snapshot`	Supported
`snapshot-reference`	Supported
`status`	Supported
`tag`	Supported
`tag-exists`	Not Supported
`unexpected-changesets`	Supported
`update`	Supported
`update-count`	Supported
`update-count-sql`	Supported
`update-one-changeset`	Supported
`update-one-changeset-sql`	Supported
`update-sql`	Supported
`update-testing-rollback`	Supported
`update-to-tag`	Supported
`update-to-tag-sql`	Supported
`validate`	Supported

Supported change types

The following standard Liquibase change types are available with ScyllaDB:

Change type	Supported
`addAutoIncrement`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addCheckConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addColumn`	Supported
`addDefaultValue`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addForeignKeyConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addLookupTable`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addNotNullConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addPrimaryKey`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`addUniqueConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`alterSequence`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`createIndex`	Supported
`createProcedure`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`createSequence`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`createTable`	Supported
`createTrigger`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`createView`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`delete`	Supported
`disableCheckConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`disableTrigger`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropAllForeignKeyConstraints`	Supported
`dropCheckConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropColumn`	Supported
`dropForeignKeyConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropIndex`	Supported
`dropNotNullConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropPrimaryKey`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropProcedure`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropSequence`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropTable`	Supported
`dropTrigger`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropUniqueConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`dropView`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`enableCheckConstraint`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`enableTrigger`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`insert`	Supported
`loadData`	Supported
`loadUpdateData`	Supported
`modifyDataType`	Not Supported
`renameColumn`	Supported
`renameSequence`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`renameTable`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`renameView`	Not Supported (the object does not exist on ScyllaDB)
`sql`	Supported
`sqlFile`	Supported
`update`	Supported

Known limitations

1. UPPERCASE identifiers fold to lowercase

CQL does not preserve case for unquoted identifiers. A table created as ORDERS is stored as orders. The Cassandra extension does not quote identifiers, so case-sensitive names are not supported.

Workaround: Use lowercase names in all changesets.

2. Preconditions

Most standard Liquibase preconditions are supported with ScyllaDB. The following preconditions return incorrect results: columnExists, indexExists, primaryKeyExists, and tableIsEmpty.

Workaround: Use the sqlCheck precondition as a substitute. Custom SQL queries run correctly against ScyllaDB.

3. Generated XML does not include `primaryKey="true"` constraint.

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