Quick answer: During reconciliation every table gets one of four statuses: missing, drift, matched, or extra. Missing means the model expects a table the database does not have, drift means it exists but differs, matched means it agrees, and extra means the database has a table the model does not. The status names the table-level state before any migration is proposed.

Why a table status matters

A migration plan that does not first name the table state is hard to trust. A table that already matches should not be rebuilt, a table that differs needs a precise diff rather than a blind replace, and an extra table might be intentional or forgotten.…