Prisma•2w ago

Schema could not be found after Prisma 6.6.0 update

Before 6.6.0, prisma generate was working completely fine. Now, it isn't able to find the schema file located in ./prisma/schema/schema.prisma I tried running the command with --schema to specify the location, and then the following is the result of that:

Environment variables loaded from .env
Prisma schema loaded from prisma\schema\schema.prisma
Error: 
You don't have any models defined in your schema.prisma, so nothing will be generated.
You can define a model like this:

model User {
  id    Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  email String  @unique
  name  String?
}

Environment variables loaded from .env
Prisma schema loaded from prisma\schema\schema.prisma
Error: 
You don't have any models defined in your schema.prisma, so nothing will be generated.
You can define a model like this:

model User {
  id    Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  email String  @unique
  name  String?
}

The following is my schema.prisma:

generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
  previewFeatures = ["driverAdapters", "prismaSchemaFolder"]
}

datasource db {
  provider  = "postgresql"
  url       = env("DATABASE_URL")
  directUrl = env("DIRECT_URL")
}

generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
  previewFeatures = ["driverAdapters", "prismaSchemaFolder"]
}

datasource db {
  provider  = "postgresql"
  url       = env("DATABASE_URL")
  directUrl = env("DIRECT_URL")
}

This completely broke Prisma for me and it was working completely fine before this. @prisma/client and prisma are both at version 6.6.0. Any help would be much appreciated.

3 Replies

Prisma AI Help•2w ago

You opted for speed from this bot. Let's conjure up an answer right now! Based on the information in the knowledge sources, I can help explain what's happening with your Prisma schema after updating to version 6.6.0. In Prisma 6.6.0, there was a significant change to how Prisma locates schema files and migrations folders. According to the documentation, when using the prismaSchemaFolder preview feature, Prisma expects your models to be defined in separate .prisma files within the schema folder, not in the main schema.prisma file. The issue you're experiencing is that your main schema.prisma file only contains the generator and datasource configurations, but no models. With the 6.6.0 update, Prisma is correctly loading your schema file but then reporting that it doesn't contain any models. According to a contributor comment in a GitHub issue:

With Prisma 6.6.0 we are updating the logic of how the migrations folder is searched for in relation to your schema files and the specified schema folder: a) If you want to read schema files from a folder you always have to explicitly pass the path to it via either: - the --schema cli arg, - the package.json prisma.schema field, - or the schema property in prisma.config.ts. b) Prisma will search for the migrations folder next to the schema files that contains the datasource block. This would usually be your main schema file directly in the specified schema folder.

GitHub Issue #24491 To fix this issue, you need to: 1. Make sure you have separate .prisma files in your prisma/schema directory that contain your model definitions 2. Ensure your main schema.prisma file is correctly configured with the prismaSchemaFolder preview feature This is similar to an issue another user faced, as described in GitHub Issue #25607, where they had a similar folder structure but were missing model definitions in their schema files. If you already have model def initions in separate .prisma files within your schema folder, make sure they're properly formatted and that Prisma can access them. The error message suggests that Prisma isn't finding any models in your schema setup. I recommend checking that: 1. Your model files have the .prisma extension 2. They're located in the correct directory (prisma/schema/) 3. They contain valid model definitions 4. You're using the correct command to generate the client with the schema path specified If the issue persists, you might need to adjust your folder structure to match the new expectations in Prisma 6.6.0. 🤔 Alright, thanks for letting us know that there's still some help needed. A team member will reply to you shortly. In the meantime, please let us know any additional info, questions, or which parts of the answer may need clarification.

Nurul•2w ago

Hey 👋 Does the error go away if you downgrade to prisma version 6.5.0? Is your repository open source? I would like to reproduce this and check

Deleted UserOP•2w ago

Hi, thanks for your response. I was just able to fix it now by explicitly adding the schema folder into my config.

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