title: Why is EF automatically running the seed method?
body: <p>We use ASP .NET to create API-driven CMSes. Occasionally we need to fill the database with default data and use EF’s seed method for this purpose. I understand that seed is called when we run update-database in the Nuget Package Manager console and also when we deploy, but for some reason our seed method seems to be calling itself once the project has been deployed on the server. We use an Azure App Service to host our CMSes. </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know how to turn this auto-seeding behavior off? We haven’t noticed a defined pattern in terms of timing, only noticing that it’s happened after our database has been reinitialized.</p>