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SKILL-ISSUE Upgrade from 1.4 to 2.2 Issues -- Postgres auth failing

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Hi there,

I'm sure I'm missing something from the upgrade guide, but I don't understand why my postgres auth is failing.

PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

    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:518:28)

    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: 'FATAL',

  severity: 'FATAL',

  code: '28P01',

  file: 'auth.c',

  line: '343',

  routine: 'auth_failed'

}

microservices worker error: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres", stack: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

    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:518:28)

    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)
PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

    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:518:28)

    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: 'FATAL',

  severity: 'FATAL',

  code: '28P01',

  file: 'auth.c',

  line: '343',

  routine: 'auth_failed'

}

microservices worker error: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres", stack: PostgresError: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

    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:518:28)

    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)
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