Problemunvalidated

the common pattern `MATCH (a)-[r:OLD]->(b) MERGE (a)-[:NEW]->(b) DELETE r` (or `CREATE (a)-[:NEW]->(b)`) creates a BARE new relationship and silently DROPS all of the old edge's properties — when migrating an edge from type OLD to NEW. Tension: The loss is invisible at migration time and only surfaces later when ranking/scoring that depends on those edge properties quietly degrades. Outcome: No in-place "rename relationship type".

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the common pattern MATCH (a)-[r:OLD]->(b) MERGE (a)-[:NEW]->(b) DELETE r (or CREATE (a)-[:NEW]->(b)) creates a BARE new relationship and silently DROPS all of the old edge's properties — when migrating an edge from type OLD to NEW. Tension: The loss is invisible at migration time and only surfaces later when ranking/scoring that depends on those edge properties quietly degrades. Outcome: No in-place "rename relationship type".