Play evolutions throwing error when trying to run it for the first time

Start by reproducing the first-startup failure against PostgreSQL, then trace the evolution lookup through DatabaseEvolutions in EvolutionsApi.scala and ApplicationEvolutions.scala. Compare the visible play_evolutions table with the connection and schema used by that lookup; done means the initial server start can read the table without the reported relation error.

Error: [PSQLException: ERROR: relation "play_evolutions" does not exist Position: 8].
I can see the table play_evolutions in the db. Play does create this table on starting the server.

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! @7kc2k4hep - Internal server error, for (GET) [/] ->
 ","context":"default","exception":"play.api.PlayException: Execution exception[[PSQLException: ERROR: relation "play_evolutions" does not exist
  Position: 51]]
	at play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$.$anonfun$convertToPlayException$3(HttpErrorHandler.scala:388)
	at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:202)
	at play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$.convertToPlayException(HttpErrorHandler.scala:388)
	at play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$.throwableToUsefulException(HttpErrorHandler.scala:373)
	at play.api.http.DefaultHttpErrorHandler.onServerError(HttpErrorHandler.scala:264)
	at play.core.server.Server$$anonfun$handleErrors$1$1.applyOrElse(Server.scala:109)
	at play.core.server.Server$$anonfun$handleErrors$1$1.applyOrElse(Server.scala:105)
	at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:37)
	at play.core.server.Server$.getHandlerFor(Server.scala:129)
	at play.core.server.AkkaHttpServer.handleRequest(AkkaHttpServer.scala:317)
	at play.core.server.AkkaHttpServer.$anonfun$createServerBinding$1(AkkaHttpServer.scala:224)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.MapAsync$$anon$30.onPush(Ops.scala:1297)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreter.processPush(GraphInterpreter.scala:541)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreter.processEvent(GraphInterpreter.scala:495)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreter.execute(GraphInterpreter.scala:390)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreterShell.runBatch(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:625)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreterShell$AsyncInput.execute(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:502)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphInterpreterShell.processEvent(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:600)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.ActorGraphInterpreter.akka$stream$impl$fusing$ActorGraphInterpreter$$processEvent(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:775)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.ActorGraphInterpreter$$anonfun$receive$1.applyOrElse(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:790)
	at akka.actor.Actor.aroundReceive(Actor.scala:537)
	at akka.actor.Actor.aroundReceive$(Actor.scala:535)
	at akka.stream.impl.fusing.ActorGraphInterpreter.aroundReceive(ActorGraphInterpreter.scala:691)
	at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:579)
	at akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:547)
	at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:270)
	at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:231)
	at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.exec(Mailbox.scala:243)
	at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289)
	at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056)
	at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692)
	at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:175)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: relation "play_evolutions" does not exist
  Position: 51
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2553)
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2285)
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:323)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeInternal(PgStatement.java:473)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.execute(PgStatement.java:393)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:322)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeCachedSql(PgStatement.java:308)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:284)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeQuery(PgStatement.java:236)
	at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.ProxyStatement.executeQuery(ProxyStatement.java:111)
	at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariProxyStatement.executeQuery(HikariProxyStatement.java)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.executeQuery(EvolutionsApi.scala:336)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.databaseEvolutions(EvolutionsApi.scala:146)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.scripts(EvolutionsApi.scala:118)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.DatabaseEvolutions.scripts(EvolutionsApi.scala:133)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.DefaultEvolutionsApi.scripts(EvolutionsApi.scala:98)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.ApplicationEvolutions$.$anonfun$runEvolutions$1(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:205)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.ApplicationEvolutions$.withLock(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:231)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.ApplicationEvolutions$.runEvolutions(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:201)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.EvolutionsWebCommands.$anonfun$handleWebCommand$4(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:517)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.EvolutionsWebCommands.$anonfun$handleWebCommand$4$adapted(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:512)
	at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:312)
	at play.api.db.evolutions.EvolutionsWebCommands.handleWebCommand(ApplicationEvolutions.scala:512)
	at play.core.DefaultWebCommands.$anonfun$handleWebCommand$1(WebCommands.scala:42)
	at scala.collection.immutable.Stream.flatMap(Stream.scala:195)
	at play.core.DefaultWebCommands.handleWebCommand(WebCommands.scala:42)
	at play.api.http.DefaultHttpRequestHandler.$anonfun$handlerForRequest$4(HttpRequestHandler.scala:223)
	at scala.Option.flatMap(Option.scala:284)
	at play.api.http.DefaultHttpRequestHandler.handlerForRequest(HttpRequestHandler.scala:222)
	at play.core.server.Server$.getHandlerFor(Server.scala:126)
	... 23 common frames omitted
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