diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/migrations/geoprocessing/1692255000000-CrossDbMigration.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/migrations/geoprocessing/1692255000000-CrossDbMigration.ts
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+import { DataSource, MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+import { geoprocessingConnections } from '@marxan-geoprocessing/ormconfig';
+import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+export class CrossDbMigration1692255000000
+  implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    
+    const apiMigrationDataSource: DataSource = await(new DataSource({
+      ...geoprocessingConnections.apiDB,
+      name: 'apiMigration',
+    })).initialize();
+
+    const apiQueryRunner = apiMigrationDataSource.createQueryRunner();
+    const apidbCanary = await apiQueryRunner.query(`
+      select name from migrations order by timestamp;
+    `);
+
+    const geodbCanary = await queryRunner.query(`
+      select name from migrations order by timestamp;
+    `);
+
+    Logger.debug('canary: apidb migrations');
+    Logger.debug(JSON.stringify(apidbCanary));
+    Logger.debug('canary: geodb migrations');
+    Logger.debug(JSON.stringify(geodbCanary));
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+  }
+}