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Non-blocking schema changes in a serverless MySQL database are managed by applying updates through branching and deploy requests, ensuring the production database remains fully available during schema migrations.

Database branching for MySQL creates isolated, Git-like copies of your database schema, allowing developers to safely test schema changes and application code before merging them back to production.

Yes, you can use Prisma ORM with a serverless MySQL database to define schemas, manage data access, and integrate seamlessly with database branching workflows for application development.

To create a new database branch for testing schema changes, you use the database branching feature to spawn an isolated copy of your production schema, apply updates, and validate your application against it.

The best way to deploy database schema updates without downtime is using non-blocking schema changes via deploy requests, which merge tested branches back into the production serverless MySQL database seamlessly.

Yes, PlanetScale serverless MySQL supports Git-like development workflows by utilizing database branching to isolate development environments, test features, and merge schema changes through deploy requests.