Prisma 7: prisma.$use() middleware removed — rewrite as a $extends query extension
Before:
prisma.$use(async (params, next) => {
const start = Date.now()
const result = await next(params)
console.log(`${params.model}.${params.action} ${Date.now() - start}ms`)
return result
})
After:
const prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter }).$extends({
query: {
$allModels: {
async $allOperations({ model, operation, args, query }) {
const start = Date.now()
const result = await query(args)
console.log(`${model}.${operation} ${Date.now() - start}ms`)
return result
},
},
},
})
For a single model/operation use e.g. query: { user: { async findMany({ args, query }) { ... return query(args) } } }. Note $extends returns a new client — export and use the extended instance.
Symptom
After upgrading to Prisma 7, code like prisma.$use(async (params, next) => { ... }) fails: $use does not exist on the client (TypeScript reports the property does not exist; at runtime the call throws a TypeError). Wrong assumption: $use middleware is still the way to hook every query (soft delete, logging, timing).
Cause
Prisma ORM 7.0.0 (2025-11-19) removed client middleware ($use), which had been deprecated in favor of Client Extensions. The Metrics preview feature (deprecated in 6.14.0) was removed in the same release.
Verify
No $use( left in the codebase; the hook fires on a test query.
Sources
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