mozilla / mozilla/experimenter

faker providers are loaded in the migrate job

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Description

We're loading faker providers at startup in migrate jobs, but faker is only used in tests. We should fix this to have faster migrations

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Research direction

Start by tracing the migrate job startup path and where faker providers are loaded. Confirm that faker is only needed by tests, then verify that migrations no longer load those providers and that the migration job completes faster without affecting test setup.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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