diff --git a/.bin/copy-db.sh b/.bin/copy-db.sh
index 69fa622da..988e9b69c 100755
--- a/.bin/copy-db.sh
+++ b/.bin/copy-db.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ echo "Most recent file: $recent_file"
 
 # Copy the most recent back file to unarchive into the sandbox database
 oc cp "$pod_name:backup/$recent_file" "$tmp_dir/$recent_file"
+echo "pltsvc"
 mongo-unarchive --uri="mongodb://mongodb:mongodb@localhost:27017/?authSource=admin" --db=pltsvc --local-path="$tmp_dir" # pragma: allowlist secret
diff --git a/data-migrations/migrations/20240927022019-populate_missing_public_cloud_provider_selection_reason_field1.js b/data-migrations/migrations/20240927022019-populate_missing_public_cloud_provider_selection_reason_field1.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c24fbe386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-migrations/migrations/20240927022019-populate_missing_public_cloud_provider_selection_reason_field1.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export const up = async (db, client) => {
+  await Promise.all([
+    db
+      .collection('PublicCloudRequestedProject')
+      .updateMany(
+        { $or: [{ providerSelectionReasonsNote: null }, { providerSelectionReasonsNote: { $exists: false } }] },
+        { $set: { providerSelectionReasonsNote: '' } },
+      ),
+    db
+      .collection('PublicCloudProject')
+      .updateMany(
+        { $or: [{ providerSelectionReasonsNote: null }, { providerSelectionReasonsNote: { $exists: false } }] },
+        { $set: { providerSelectionReasonsNote: '' } },
+      ),
+  ]);
+};
+
+export const down = async (db, client) => {};