Realm Migration Required

iOS

TL;DR

Realm Migration Required indicates a storage failure on iOS that interrupts the current user flow.

Symptoms

  • Realm Migration Required appears in crash logs
  • The app exits or the UI flow stops

Common Causes

  1. Schema or persisted data is incompatible
  2. Read or write breaks integrity constraints

How to Verify

Quick Fixes

  • Add guard checks and a safe fallback path
  • Disable or rollback the risky code path behind a flag

Proper Fixes

  • Enforce contracts with types, runtime checks, and tests
  • Refactor ownership and lifecycle boundaries to remove the failure mode

Example Stack Trace

Realm Migration Required in ProfileViewController.swift:42

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