The column was `integer DEFAULT 0` (nullable) since the initial schema.
Counters should not be nullable — the semantics are a count, not an
optional measurement. `consecutive_auth_failures` (added later) was
correctly declared NOT NULL; tightening `consecutive_failures` to match
removes the drift and eliminates the "|null" burden everywhere the value
is read.
SQLite does not support in-place ALTER … SET NOT NULL, so drizzle-kit
cannot auto-generate this. The manual migration uses the standard
SQLite recreate pattern (new table + INSERT SELECT + DROP + RENAME +
recreate index) under `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = ON` so the existing
federation_outbox → federation_peers FK survives the swap. The COPY
step coalesces any hypothetical NULL to 0 defensively; live probes on
both test instances (nova, orbit) showed zero NULL rows so no
actual backfill is required.
Verified by applying the full migration chain against a copy of the VM's
live DB: column ends as `notnull=1 dflt=0`, the peer row is preserved,
the unique index on origin is recreated, NULL inserts are rejected, and
`PRAGMA foreign_key_check` reports no violations.
Server `SanitizedPeer.consecutiveFailures` tightened to `number` to
match the new drizzle inference and the shared `FederationPeer` shape.
Follow-up #22 from S2S DM unification backlog.
Jannis Braun
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