# Recover a failed migration

Read the evidence, inspect the gate, and deliberately retry or take over.

## Inspect recent runs

Status includes the package transition, update type, evidence level, PR URL, and last update time.

```
npm run patchflow -- status
```

## Read the PR comment

- Which gate ran
- Which required checks were missing or failed
- Whether repository setup failed
- The bounded output excerpt sent to the retry agent

## Retry manually

A full ID or unambiguous prefix is accepted. Manual retry creates a new run so the audit history remains intact.

```
npm run patchflow -- retry 8f3c2a1b
```

## Override a policy

```
npm run patchflow -- retry 8f3c2a1b --force
```

> Force bypasses package and update-type policy only. It does not bypass test gates, required checks, draft PRs, or the human merge decision.