From 251f22c46fb470ddc545e9ad6cd6971551c07f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Hensen <ruben.hensen@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:02:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] immich: add a PostgreSQL 17 cluster with VectorChord

Imported once from the PostgreSQL 14 cluster, whose embeddings were converted to real[] and whose pgvecto.rs extension was dropped first (immich's manual migration). After the import the columns become vector(512) again under VectorChord 1.1.1 with pgvector 0.8.6. A logical import because CNPG can't upgrade in place from the bullseye-based pgvecto.rs image to the bookworm-based VectorChord one.
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 immich/postgresql-cluster-17.yaml | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 immich/postgresql-cluster-17.yaml

diff --git a/immich/postgresql-cluster-17.yaml b/immich/postgresql-cluster-17.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea665d0
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+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: immich-postgres-17
+  namespace: immich
+spec:
+  instances: 1
+
+  # CNPG image with VectorChord and pgvector, which immich 2.x and 3.x use
+  # for its vector indexes (pgvecto.rs is gone in immich 3.0).
+  imageName: ghcr.io/tensorchord/cloudnative-vectorchord:17.11-1.1.1
+
+  postgresql:
+    shared_preload_libraries:
+      - "vchord.so"
+
+  # Filled once from the PostgreSQL 14 cluster (immich-postgres) after its
+  # embedding columns were turned into real[] and pgvecto.rs was dropped,
+  # see docs/upgrade-k8s-1.33.md.
+  bootstrap:
+    initdb:
+      database: immich
+      owner: immich
+      import:
+        type: microservice
+        databases:
+          - immich
+        source:
+          externalCluster: immich-postgres
+        postImportApplicationSQL:
+          - CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vchord CASCADE;
+          - ALTER TABLE public.smart_search ALTER COLUMN embedding SET DATA TYPE vector(512);
+          - ALTER TABLE public.face_search ALTER COLUMN embedding SET DATA TYPE vector(512);
+          # immich manages its own extensions and migrations
+          - ALTER USER immich WITH SUPERUSER;
+
+  externalClusters:
+    - name: immich-postgres
+      connectionParameters:
+        host: immich-postgres-rw
+        user: immich
+        dbname: immich
+        sslmode: require
+      password:
+        name: immich-postgres-app
+        key: password
+
+  storage:
+    size: 20Gi
+    storageClass: longhorn