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Supabase•8mo ago•
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_supabase Database Size Issue - 19GB Usage

When I run this query to check database sizes

SELECT
datname as database_name,
pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(datname)) as size,
pg_database_size(datname) as size_bytes
FROM pg_database
ORDER BY pg_database_size(datname) DESC;

The _supabase system database is showing 19GB of usage, which seems unusually large.

1. What typically causes this database to grow so large?
2. Is there a way to safely clean up or reduce this size?
3. Are there any settings I should adjust to prevent this from happening again?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! 🙏
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