diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/migrations.js b/keyserver/src/database/migrations.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/migrations.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/migrations.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 import type { QueryResults } from 'mysql';
 
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors';
+import sleep from 'lib/utils/sleep';
 
+import { updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads } from '../updaters/thread-permission-updaters';
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from './database';
 
 async function makeSureBaseRoutePathExists(filePath: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@
       await fixBaseRoutePathForLocalhost('facts/squadcal_url.json');
     },
   ],
+  [3, updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads],
 ]);
 
 async function migrate(): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -98,6 +101,10 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  // Delay to avoid executing migration before nodemon restarts server
+  // while transpiling files during dev environment startup.
+  await sleep(5000);
+
   for (const [idx, migration] of migrations.entries()) {
     if (idx <= dbVersion) {
       continue;
diff --git a/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-permission-updaters.js b/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-permission-updaters.js
--- a/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-permission-updaters.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-permission-updaters.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import { rescindPushNotifs } from '../push/rescind';
 import { createScriptViewer } from '../session/scripts';
 import type { Viewer } from '../session/viewer';
+import { updateRoles } from '../updaters/role-updaters';
 import DepthQueue from '../utils/depth-queue';
 import RelationshipChangeset from '../utils/relationship-changeset';
 import { updateChangedUndirectedRelationships } from './relationship-updaters';
@@ -1238,6 +1239,51 @@
   }
 }
 
+async function updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads() {
+  const batchSize = 10;
+  const fetchThreads = SQL`SELECT id, type, depth FROM threads`;
+  const [result] = await dbQuery(fetchThreads);
+  const allThreads = result.map(row => {
+    return {
+      id: row.id.toString(),
+      type: assertThreadType(row.type),
+      depth: row.depth,
+    };
+  });
+
+  const viewer = createScriptViewer(bots.commbot.userID);
+
+  const maxDepth = Math.max(...allThreads.map(row => row.depth));
+
+  for (let depth = 0; depth <= maxDepth; depth++) {
+    const threads = allThreads.filter(row => row.depth === depth);
+    console.log(`recalculating permissions for threads with depth ${depth}`);
+    while (threads.length > 0) {
+      const batch = threads.splice(0, batchSize);
+      const membershipRows = [];
+      const relationshipChangeset = new RelationshipChangeset();
+      await Promise.all(
+        batch.map(async thread => {
+          console.log(`updating roles for ${thread.id}`);
+          await updateRoles(viewer, thread.id, thread.type);
+          console.log(`recalculating permissions for ${thread.id}`);
+          const {
+            membershipRows: threadMembershipRows,
+            relationshipChangeset: threadRelationshipChangeset,
+          } = await recalculateThreadPermissions(thread.id);
+          membershipRows.push(...threadMembershipRows);
+          relationshipChangeset.addAll(threadRelationshipChangeset);
+        }),
+      );
+      console.log(`committing batch ${JSON.stringify(batch)}`);
+      await commitMembershipChangeset(viewer, {
+        membershipRows,
+        relationshipChangeset,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export {
   changeRole,
   recalculateThreadPermissions,
@@ -1245,4 +1291,5 @@
   saveMemberships,
   commitMembershipChangeset,
   recalculateAllThreadPermissions,
+  updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads,
 };