# The PR (\`c0a7c7e\`) it look like a ticking bomb to me

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/the-pr-c0a7c7e-it-look-like-a-ticking-bomb-to-me/32088>\
**Category:** Developer Discussions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/the-pr-c0a7c7e-it-look-like-a-ticking-bomb-to-me/32088 "2026-07-29T16:28:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![kocoten1992](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/kocoten1992/32/7819_2.png) [@kocoten1992](https://forum.storj.io/u/kocoten1992)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/the-pr-c0a7c7e-it-look-like-a-ticking-bomb-to-me/32088/1 "2026-07-29T16:28:59Z")

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Hi, I just saw this PR [satellite/attribution: remove BackfillPlacementBatch · storj/storj@c0a7c7e · GitHub](https://github.com/storj/storj/commit/c0a7c7e87098d03157b239135b87d5ae1c7d841e).

Am I reading this correctly:

- you add a custom command to run batch backfill on production
- you run the command
- then you remove the command?

The problem is: how does 3rd satellite operator know about any of this, this should be done in migration, if the data was too great for database to handle, maybe in a small batch loop and double check after the loop end to ensure it correctness?

If I don’t know about these practice when operating satellite - It would be terrifying 🤯.

BUT, thank you for this software and for releasing it as opensource 🙂.

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**Author:** ![littleskunk](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/littleskunk/32/63_2.png) [@littleskunk](https://forum.storj.io/u/littleskunk)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/the-pr-c0a7c7e-it-look-like-a-ticking-bomb-to-me/32088/2 "2026-07-30T00:51:46Z")

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> [@kocoten1992](#):
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> The problem is: how does 3rd satellite operator know about any of this, this should be done in migration, if the data was too great for database to handle, maybe in a small batch loop and double check after the loop end to ensure it correctness?

I guess that mistake is on me. In the past we have published the changelog here in the forum. It was tagged and I believe you can subsribe to that tag to get a notification every time a new version gets posted. I just haven’t done it for the last 2 releases. I might not find time for it this week but I promise I am going to fix that.

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**Author:** ![kocoten1992](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/kocoten1992/32/7819_2.png) [@kocoten1992](https://forum.storj.io/u/kocoten1992)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/the-pr-c0a7c7e-it-look-like-a-ticking-bomb-to-me/32088/3 "2026-07-30T00:53:39Z")

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Don’t take it on yourself, but won’t comment further for now, I think you have better thing todo atm.