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Matt Aitken 0e14b6d750 TaskRun optimizations: dropping FKs and some indexes (#3309)
## Summary

- Drop all 8 foreign key constraints on TaskRun. The run listing path is
now fully ClickHouse-backed so we no longer need Postgres to enforce
referential integrity on this table. The FK constraints add write
overhead on every insert/update with no remaining benefit. Prisma
queries are unaffected.
- Remove PostgresRunsRepository and its associated feature flag
(runsListRepository), which was the last remaining code path querying
TaskRun directly for list/count operations.
- Drop three indexes that were only useful for the Postgres run list
path and have no remaining query consumers:
- TaskRun_runtimeEnvironmentId_id_idx — was the cursor pagination index
for PostgresRunsRepository; superseded by the (runtimeEnvironmentId,
createdAt DESC) composite index
- TaskRun_scheduleId_idx — redundant with the (scheduleId, createdAt
DESC) composite index; no direct Postgres queries filter by scheduleId
alone
- TaskRun_rootTaskRunId_idx — no queries filter TaskRun by rootTaskRunId
as a WHERE clause anywhere in the codebase

All index drops use CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS to avoid table locks in
production.

## Test plan

  - pnpm run db:migrate:deploy applies all migrations cleanly
  - pnpm run typecheck --filter webapp passes
  - Run list pages load correctly in the dashboard (ClickHouse path)
  - Scheduled task runs still trigger and appear correctly
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@trigger.dev/database

This is the internal database package for the Trigger.dev project. It exports a generated prisma client that can be instantiated with a connection string.

How to switch branches when you've done migrations

Sometimes you've applied migrations and then want to switch branches without wiping out your local database.

To do this you can run the following command:

DB_VOLUME=database-data-alt pnpm run docker

This will switch to the alt volume for your local database. This database will be blank if you haven't switched to this volume before, so you'll need to follow the normal steps (in the Contributing guide) to get setup, e.g. apply migrations and seed.

To switch back to the original volume, run the following command:

pnpm run docker

How to add a new index on a large table

  1. Modify the Prisma.schema with a single index change (no other changes, just one index at a time)
  2. Create a Prisma migration using cd internal-packages/database && pnpm run db:migrate:dev:create
  3. Modify the SQL file: add IF NOT EXISTS to it and CONCURRENTLY:
CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS "JobRun_eventId_idx" ON "JobRun" ("eventId");
  1. Dont apply the Prisma migration locally yet. This is a good opportunity to test the flow.
  2. Manually apply the index to your database, by running the index command.
  3. Then locally run pnpm run db:migrate:deploy

Before deploying

Run the index creation before deploying

CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS "JobRun_eventId_idx" ON "JobRun" ("eventId");

These commands are useful:

-- creates an index safely, this can take a long time (2 mins maybe)
CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS "JobRun_eventId_idx" ON "JobRun" ("eventId");
-- checks the status of an index
SELECT * FROM pg_stat_progress_create_index WHERE relid = '"JobRun"'::regclass;
-- checks if the index is there
SELECT * FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = 'JobRun' AND indexname = 'JobRun_eventId_idx';

Now, when you deploy and prisma runs the migration, it will skip the index creation because it already exists. If you don't do this, there will be pain.