Facial Recognition Failing - Postgres error
Very new install, less than a few weeks old, running on Kubernetes. From initial install I've been unable to run the facial recognition and receiving this error:
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[Nest] 7 - 09/09/2025, 3:17:02 PM ERROR [Microservices:{"id":"81bbaba6-5adf-42ff-aa31-19c682fcb250"}] Unable to run job handler (AssetDetectFaces): PostgresError: pgvecto.rs: The index is not existing in the background worker.
ADVICE: Drop or rebuild the index.
PostgresError: pgvecto.rs: The index is not existing in the background worker.
ADVICE: Drop or rebuild the index.
at ErrorResponse (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:794:26)
at handle (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:480:6)
at Socket.data (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:315:9)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)
Query failed : {
durationMs: 1.3347509987652302,
error: PostgresError: pgvecto.rs: The index is not existing in the background worker.
ADVICE: Drop or rebuild the index.
at ErrorResponse (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:794:26)
at handle (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:480:6)
at Socket.data (/usr/src/app/server/node_modules/.pnpm/postgres@3.4.7/node_modules/postgres/cjs/src/connection.js:315:9)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
at TCP.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23) {
severity_local: 'ERROR',
severity: 'ERROR',
code: 'XX000',
file: 'error.rs',
line: '7'
},
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.If it's a new install, why are you running pgvecto.rs?
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I'm not sure. I'm using a helm chart for version 1.141.1, that's how it was set up from the get go
may be an issue to take up with the chart maintainer then
That's me 😅
The postgres included in the chart shouldn't be used anymore
It's deprecated and will be removed
i am using cnpg
How did you decide what image to use for it?
ah, sorry. its the truecharts chart (yes I know they're not typically favored). Looks like I'll need to take it up with them, figure out how to change the image, or use the official
ah, if you're using truecharts then I can't help with that
yeah no worries, didn't realize it was the pg image
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