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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Knex } from 'knex';
+import { TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
+import fs from 'fs';
+
+const migrationsDir = `${__dirname}/../migrations`;
+const migrationsFiles = fs.readdirSync(migrationsDir).sort();
+
+async function migrateUpOnce(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  await knex.migrate.up({ directory: migrationsDir });
+}
+
+async function migrateDownOnce(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  await knex.migrate.down({ directory: migrationsDir });
+}
+
+async function migrateUntilBefore(knex: Knex, target: string): Promise<void> {
+  const index = migrationsFiles.indexOf(target);
+  if (index === -1) {
+    throw new Error(`Migration ${target} not found`);
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < index; i++) {
+    await migrateUpOnce(knex);
+  }
+}
+
+jest.setTimeout(60_000);
+
+describe('migrations', () => {
+  const databases = TestDatabases.create({
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_9', 'POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_16'],
+  });
+
+  it.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
+    '20240523100528_init.js, %p',
+    async databaseId => {
+      const knex = await databases.init(databaseId);
+
+      await migrateUntilBefore(knex, '20240523100528_init.js');
+      await migrateUpOnce(knex);
+
+      await knex('event_bus_events').insert({
+        topic: 'test',
+        data_json: JSON.stringify({ message: 'hello' }),
+        consumed_by: ['tester'],
+      });
+      await knex('event_bus_subscriptions').insert({
+        id: 'tester',
+        read_until: '5',
+        topics: ['test', 'test2'],
+      });
+
+      await expect(knex('event_bus_events')).resolves.toEqual([
+        {
+          id: '1',
+          topic: 'test',
+          data_json: JSON.stringify({ message: 'hello' }),
+          created_at: expect.anything(),
+          consumed_by: ['tester'],
+        },
+      ]);
+      await expect(knex('event_bus_subscriptions')).resolves.toEqual([
+        {
+          id: 'tester',
+          created_at: expect.anything(),
+          updated_at: expect.anything(),
+          read_until: '5',
+          topics: ['test', 'test2'],
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      await migrateDownOnce(knex);
+
+      // This looks odd - you might expect a .toThrow at the end but that
+      // actually is flaky for some reason specifically on sqlite when
+      // performing multiple runs in sequence
+      await expect(knex('event_bus_events')).rejects.toEqual(expect.anything());
+
+      await knex.destroy();
+    },
+  );
+});