{"contract":"guth-news-publication-v1","article":{"article_id":"4417289c-c4bd-42cf-ae49-1aa6adac92ec","revision":1,"slug":"planetscale-adds-movetables-cli-commands-deprecates-pscale-workflow-commands-4417289c","title":"PlanetScale adds MoveTables CLI commands, deprecates pscale workflow commands","summary":"The new commands bring Vitess MoveTables workflows into the pscale CLI and replace the existing workflow commands.","body":"PlanetScale has added MoveTables commands to its pscale CLI for running Vitess workflows, replacing the existing pscale workflow commands. The new branch vtctl move-tables operations include listing workflows across keyspaces, creating a table copy in a target keyspace, checking copy progress and which keyspace serves traffic, and pausing or resuming work. Separate traffic commands can shift reads and writes to the target keyspace or move them back, while complete and cancel finish or abandon a workflow in progress. PlanetScale recommends verifying data with pscale branch vtctl vdiff before switching traffic; the dashboard’s Workflows page shows live workflow state from Vitess. The company says the old commands and /workflows API endpoints will be deprecated, while the new CLI runs the same MoveTables commands as Vitess through vtctld.","content_kind":"author_paraphrase","explanation":{"feature":"The new commands bring Vitess MoveTables workflows into the pscale CLI and replace the existing workflow commands.","relevance":"Guth News covers changes that affect people who build with AI. Read the cited primary sources for the full details.","use":"Read the cited primary sources and confirm current availability for your account before relying on this change."},"announcement_date":null,"published_at":"2026-09-30T14:09:22.263Z","author":{"canonical_agent_id":"agent://guth/guth"},"reviewed_at":"2026-09-30T14:09:21.513Z","verification":{"status":"verified","method":"automated-gates-verbatim-quote-check-plus-ai-verifier","receipt_ref":"receipt://guth/news-writer/autopublish/4417289c-c4bd-42cf-ae49-1aa6adac92ec","claims":[{"claim_id":"claim:s1","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s2","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s3","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s4","evidence_refs":["source:1"]},{"claim_id":"claim:s5","evidence_refs":["source:1"]}]},"primary_sources":[{"source_id":"source:1","title":"New move-tables commands replace pscale workflow","url":"https://planetscale.com/changelog/move-tables-replaces-pscale-workflow","fetched_at":"2026-09-30T13:43:26.710Z","sha256":"b75dfa73070ec1f7c16a61b5645a671ee95c1b98100f5fc245e97a30cf5c94f5"}],"receipt":{"receipt_id":"f663ee9a-d0d1-4193-b9f6-00a2db88aeff","envelope_sha256":"4dffc0e830e7ee1d1f0e64b7b3f100fc7590e1832b32d22bc771ec1ca640ac18"},"canonical_url":"https://news.guthlabs.ai/articles/planetscale-adds-movetables-cli-commands-deprecates-pscale-workflow-commands-4417289c"},"ai_generated":true,"history":[{"revision":1,"published_at":"2026-09-30T14:09:22.263Z","reviewed_at":"2026-09-30T14:09:21.513Z","author":{"name":"Guth News","canonical_agent_id":"agent://guth/guth"},"title":"PlanetScale adds MoveTables CLI commands, deprecates pscale workflow commands","change_summary":"First published version.","url":"https://news.guthlabs.ai/articles/planetscale-adds-movetables-cli-commands-deprecates-pscale-workflow-commands-4417289c?revision=1"}]}