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Nothing big here. The annotation on the policy ID sql:"pk,index=btree" meant we created an explicit index for the policy ID when Postgres always indexes the primary key. That is totally duplicative.

I saw it, so I'm going to remove it.

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The migration test is sufficient. I did run some explain plans though to verify that after the removal lookups by ID hit the policies_pkey index that is created by default.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Removed a duplicate policy ID index while preserving the primary-key index and existing policy data.
    • Updated database migrations to safely apply the change, including when run more than once. Single-ID, multi-ID, and ID-array policy queries continue to return expected results.

The database version advances to 228. The migration removes the policies_id index, and the PostgreSQL schema definitions no longer declare the policies_id and alerts_policy_id indexes. Integration tests check data preservation and query plans.

Changes: Policy index migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update index definitions
pkg/postgres/schema/alerts.go, pkg/postgres/schema/policies.go, proto/storage/policy.proto
The schema removes the alerts_policy_id and policies_id index definitions. The Policy.id SQL tag retains its primary-key tag and no longer specifies a B-tree index.
Register and run migration 228
migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/*, migrator/runner/all.go, pkg/migrations/internal/seq_num.go
Migration 227 to 228 concurrently drops policies_id if it exists. The migration runner registers it, and the current database version changes to 228.
Validate migration and query plans
migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/migration_test.go, migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/test/schema/policies.go
Integration tests run the migration twice and check that policy data and other named indexes remain. They also check query results and verify plans use policies_pkey rather than policies_id.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: charmik-redhat, johannes94

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 12657

Upgraded databases may keep an unused index on alerts and pay extra write cost. Dropping it in the same migration would match fresh installs. This does not block the upgrade.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: removing a duplicate index.
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- Line 11: Update the migration after dropping policies_id to also drop
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  • generated/internalapi/central/v1/token_service.pb.go is excluded by !**/*.pb.go, !**/generated/**
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  • migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/migration.go
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  • migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/migration_test.go
  • migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/test/schema/policies.go
  • migrator/runner/all.go
  • pkg/migrations/internal/seq_num.go
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  • pkg/postgres/schema/policies.go
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  • pkg/postgres/schema/policies.go
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func migrate(database *types.Databases) error {
// policies_pkey already indexes id. Drop the duplicate without blocking writes
// from an old Central that may still be running during a rolling upgrade.
_, err := database.PostgresDB.Exec(database.DBCtx, "DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS policies_id")

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect declarations and migrations; do not execute repository code.
rg -n -C 4 'alerts_policy_id|policies_id' pkg/postgres/schema/alerts.go pkg/postgres/schema/policies.go migrator/migrations
rg -n -C 4 'DropIndex|DROP INDEX|AutoMigrate' pkg/postgres/schema migrator

Repository: stackrox/stackrox

Length of output: 23406


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#!/bin/bash
set -o pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- PR diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 1020bce769ade634a4104d17ab733ef28764f755 12657847cf5750871b90aa6428652638d85eda56 -- \
  'migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/**' \
  'pkg/postgres/schema/**' \
  'migrator/**' | sed -n '1,260p'

printf '%s\n' '--- current alerts/policies declarations ---'
rg -n -C 8 -F -- 'alerts_policy_id' pkg/postgres/schema migrator/migrations || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -C 8 -F -- 'policies_id' pkg/postgres/schema migrator/migrations || test "$?" -eq 1

printf '%s\n' '--- index reconciliation implementation ---'
rg -n -C 10 -e 'IndexDefinition' -e 'ApplyIndexes' -e 'dropInvalidIndex' -e 'AutoMigrate' -e 'GetIndexes' -e 'index' pkg/postgres/schema/all.go pkg/postgres/schema/*.go migrator/migrations/indexhelper migrator | sed -n '1,360p'

Repository: stackrox/stackrox

Length of output: 41790


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#!/bin/bash
set -o pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- alerts_policy_id at base and head ---'
for rev in 1020bce769ade634a4104d17ab733ef28764f755 12657847cf5750871b90aa6428652638d85eda56; do
  printf '\nREV %s\n' "$rev"
  git grep -n -F -- 'alerts_policy_id' "$rev" -- pkg/postgres/schema migrator/migrations || test "$?" -eq 1
done

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant migration cleanup references ---'
git grep -n -F -e 'alerts_policy_id' -e 'DROP INDEX' 1020bce769ade634a4104d17ab733ef28764f755 -- migrator/migrations pkg/postgres/schema | sed -n '1,240p'

printf '%s\n' '--- reconciliation source ---'
nl -ba pkg/postgres/schema/all.go | sed -n '122,162p'

Repository: stackrox/stackrox

Length of output: 6217


Drop alerts_policy_id in this migration.

The base schema creates this index, but the head no longer declares it. ApplyAllIndexes does not remove indexes that are absent from the desired definitions, so an upgraded database can retain the index and its write overhead.

🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/migration_impl.go"
+++ "b/migrator/migrations/m_227_to_m_228_drop_duplicate_policy_index/migration_impl.go"
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 func migrate(database *types.Databases) error {
 	// policies_pkey already indexes id. Drop the duplicate without blocking writes
 	// from an old Central that may still be running during a rolling upgrade.
 	_, err := database.PostgresDB.Exec(database.DBCtx, "DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS policies_id")
-	return errors.Wrap(err, "dropping duplicate policies_id index")
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "dropping duplicate policies_id index")
+	}
+	_, err = database.PostgresDB.Exec(database.DBCtx, "DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS alerts_policy_id")
+	return errors.Wrap(err, "dropping alerts_policy_id index")
 }
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at line 11:
Update the migration after dropping policies_id to also drop alerts_policy_id
concurrently with an IF EXISTS guard, and wrap any resulting error with context
identifying alerts_policy_id. Preserve the existing policies_id drop and its
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What are you trying to tell me. Sounds like what you are saying is what we are actually trying to do here.

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@dashrews78 My comment was unclear. The migration already drops policies_id, as intended.

I was referring to a different index: alerts_policy_id. This PR also removes its schema declaration, but the migration does not drop it. Removing the declaration prevents its creation in new databases; it does not remove it from existing databases.

The suggested change was to drop alerts_policy_id too—not to change the existing policies_id cleanup.

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Restore the generated token service file to the PR base so the policy
index cleanup does not include unrelated formatting changes.

User request: Can you remove the fucking generated/internalapi/central/v1/token_service.pb.go from the PR.  That stupid thing wasn't supposed to change.

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//Next tag: 29
message Policy {
string id = 1; // @gotags: search:"Policy ID,hidden" sql:"pk,index=btree" crYaml:"-"
string id = 1; // @gotags: search:"Policy ID,hidden" sql:"pk" crYaml:"-"

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so apparently this impacts alerts because we re-use objects and annotations. So tooling will need to be updated to not create it on the primary.

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