Adding hot_rank columns in place of function sorting. (#2952)

* Adding hot_rank columns in place of function sorting.

- Creates hot_rank columns for post, comment, and community.
- Fixes #2932

* Updating all hot ranks on startup.

* Fixing post.url migration.

* Removing update_instance_software from startup.

* Adding post_rank query

crates/db_schema/src/aggregates/structs.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub struct CommentAggregates {
   pub published: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
   /// The total number of children in this comment branch.
   pub child_count: i32,
+  pub hot_rank: i32,
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ pub struct CommunityAggregates {
   pub users_active_month: i64,
   /// The number of users with any activity in the last year.
   pub users_active_half_year: i64,
+  pub hot_rank: i32,
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Default)]
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ pub struct PostAggregates {
   pub featured_community: bool,
   /// If the post is featured on the site / to local.
   pub featured_local: bool,
+  pub hot_rank: i32,
+  pub hot_rank_active: i32,
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]

crates/db_schema/src/schema.rs

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         downvotes -> Int8,
         published -> Timestamp,
         child_count -> Int4,
+        hot_rank -> Int4,
     }
 }
 
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         users_active_week -> Int8,
         users_active_month -> Int8,
         users_active_half_year -> Int8,
+        hot_rank -> Int4,
     }
 }
 
@@ -634,7 +636,8 @@ diesel::table! {
         id -> Int4,
         #[max_length = 200]
         name -> Varchar,
-        url -> Nullable<Text>,
+        #[max_length = 512]
+        url -> Nullable<Varchar>,
         body -> Nullable<Text>,
         creator_id -> Int4,
         community_id -> Int4,
@@ -670,6 +673,8 @@ diesel::table! {
         newest_comment_time -> Timestamp,
         featured_community -> Bool,
         featured_local -> Bool,
+        hot_rank -> Int4,
+        hot_rank_active -> Int4,
     }
 }
 

crates/db_views/src/comment_report_view.rs

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ mod tests {
         downvotes: 0,
         published: agg.published,
         child_count: 0,
+        hot_rank: 1728,
       },
       my_vote: None,
       resolver: None,

crates/db_views/src/comment_view.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
     post::Post,
   },
   traits::JoinView,
-  utils::{functions::hot_rank, fuzzy_search, get_conn, limit_and_offset_unlimited, DbPool},
+  utils::{fuzzy_search, get_conn, limit_and_offset_unlimited, DbPool},
   CommentSortType,
   ListingType,
 };
@@ -346,9 +346,7 @@ impl<'a> CommentQuery<'a> {
     };
 
     query = match self.sort.unwrap_or(CommentSortType::Hot) {
-      CommentSortType::Hot => query
+      CommentSortType::Hot => query.then_order_by(comment_aggregates::hot_rank.desc()),
-        .then_order_by(hot_rank(comment_aggregates::score, comment_aggregates::published).desc())
-        .then_order_by(comment_aggregates::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::New => query.then_order_by(comment::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::Old => query.then_order_by(comment::published.asc()),
       CommentSortType::Top => query.order_by(comment_aggregates::score.desc()),
@@ -909,6 +907,7 @@ mod tests {
         downvotes: 0,
         published: agg.published,
         child_count: 5,
+        hot_rank: 1728,
       },
     }
   }

crates/db_views/src/post_report_view.rs

@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ mod tests {
         newest_comment_time: inserted_post.published,
         featured_community: false,
         featured_local: false,
+        hot_rank: 1728,
+        hot_rank_active: 1728,
       },
       resolver: None,
     };

crates/db_views/src/post_view.rs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
     post::{Post, PostRead, PostSaved},
   },
   traits::JoinView,
-  utils::{functions::hot_rank, fuzzy_search, get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
+  utils::{fuzzy_search, get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
   ListingType,
   SortType,
 };
@@ -387,18 +387,8 @@ impl<'a> PostQuery<'a> {
     }
 
     query = match self.sort.unwrap_or(SortType::Hot) {
-      SortType::Active => query
+      SortType::Active => query.then_order_by(post_aggregates::hot_rank_active.desc()),
-        .then_order_by(
+      SortType::Hot => query.then_order_by(post_aggregates::hot_rank.desc()),
-          hot_rank(
-            post_aggregates::score,
-            post_aggregates::newest_comment_time_necro,
-          )
-          .desc(),
-        )
-        .then_order_by(post_aggregates::newest_comment_time_necro.desc()),
-      SortType::Hot => query
-        .then_order_by(hot_rank(post_aggregates::score, post_aggregates::published).desc())
-        .then_order_by(post_aggregates::published.desc()),
       SortType::New => query.then_order_by(post_aggregates::published.desc()),
       SortType::Old => query.then_order_by(post_aggregates::published.asc()),
       SortType::NewComments => query.then_order_by(post_aggregates::newest_comment_time.desc()),
@@ -945,6 +935,8 @@ mod tests {
         newest_comment_time: inserted_post.published,
         featured_community: false,
         featured_local: false,
+        hot_rank: 1728,
+        hot_rank_active: 1728,
       },
       subscribed: SubscribedType::NotSubscribed,
       read: false,

crates/db_views_actor/src/comment_reply_view.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
     post::Post,
   },
   traits::JoinView,
-  utils::{functions::hot_rank, get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
+  utils::{get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
   CommentSortType,
 };
 use typed_builder::TypedBuilder;
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ impl<'a> CommentReplyQuery<'a> {
     };
 
     query = match self.sort.unwrap_or(CommentSortType::New) {
-      CommentSortType::Hot => query
+      CommentSortType::Hot => query.then_order_by(comment_aggregates::hot_rank.desc()),
-        .then_order_by(hot_rank(comment_aggregates::score, comment_aggregates::published).desc())
-        .then_order_by(comment_aggregates::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::New => query.then_order_by(comment_reply::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::Old => query.then_order_by(comment_reply::published.asc()),
       CommentSortType::Top => query.order_by(comment_aggregates::score.desc()),

crates/db_views_actor/src/community_view.rs

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ impl<'a> CommunityQuery<'a> {
       SortType::TopAll => query = query.order_by(community_aggregates::subscribers.desc()),
       SortType::TopMonth => query = query.order_by(community_aggregates::users_active_month.desc()),
       SortType::Hot => {
-        query = query.order_by(community_aggregates::users_active_month.desc());
+        query = query.order_by(community_aggregates::hot_rank.desc());
         // Don't show hidden communities in Hot (trending)
         query = query.filter(
           community::hidden

crates/db_views_actor/src/person_mention_view.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
     post::Post,
   },
   traits::JoinView,
-  utils::{functions::hot_rank, get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
+  utils::{get_conn, limit_and_offset, DbPool},
   CommentSortType,
 };
 use typed_builder::TypedBuilder;
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ impl<'a> PersonMentionQuery<'a> {
     };
 
     query = match self.sort.unwrap_or(CommentSortType::Hot) {
-      CommentSortType::Hot => query
+      CommentSortType::Hot => query.then_order_by(comment_aggregates::hot_rank.desc()),
-        .then_order_by(hot_rank(comment_aggregates::score, comment_aggregates::published).desc())
-        .then_order_by(comment_aggregates::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::New => query.then_order_by(comment::published.desc()),
       CommentSortType::Old => query.then_order_by(comment::published.asc()),
       CommentSortType::Top => query.order_by(comment_aggregates::score.desc()),

migrations/2023-06-06-104440_index_post_url/down.sql

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+-- Change back the column type
+alter table post alter column url type text;
+
+-- Drop the index
 drop index idx_post_url;

migrations/2023-06-06-104440_index_post_url/up.sql

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
+-- Make a hard limit of 512 for the post.url column
+-- Truncate existing long rows.
+update post set url = left(url, 512) where length(url) > 512;
+
+-- Enforce the limit
+alter table post alter column url type varchar (512);
+
+-- Add the index
 create index idx_post_url on post(url);

migrations/2023-06-07-105918_add_hot_rank_columns/down.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+-- Remove the new columns
+
+alter table post_aggregates drop column hot_rank;
+alter table post_aggregates drop column hot_rank_active;
+
+alter table comment_aggregates drop column hot_rank;
+
+alter table community_aggregates drop column hot_rank;
+
+-- Drop some new indexes
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_score;
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_published;
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_newest_comment_time;
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_newest_comment_time_necro;
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_featured_community;
+drop index idx_post_aggregates_featured_local;
+
+-- Recreate the old indexes
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_newest_comment_time ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, newest_comment_time DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_newest_comment_time ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, newest_comment_time DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_comments ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, comments DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_comments ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, comments DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_hot ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, hot_rank((score)::numeric, published) DESC, published DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_hot ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, hot_rank((score)::numeric, published) DESC, published DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_score ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, score DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_score ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, score DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_published ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, published DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_published ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, published DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_active ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_local DESC, hot_rank((score)::numeric, newest_comment_time_necro) DESC, newest_comment_time_necro DESC);
+CREATE INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_active ON public.post_aggregates USING btree (featured_community DESC, hot_rank((score)::numeric, newest_comment_time_necro) DESC, newest_comment_time_necro DESC);
+
+CREATE INDEX idx_comment_aggregates_hot ON public.comment_aggregates USING btree (hot_rank((score)::numeric, published) DESC, published DESC);
+
+CREATE INDEX idx_community_aggregates_hot ON public.community_aggregates USING btree (hot_rank((subscribers)::numeric, published) DESC, published DESC);

migrations/2023-06-07-105918_add_hot_rank_columns/up.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-- This converts the old hot_rank functions, to columns
+
+-- Remove the old compound indexes
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_newest_comment_time;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_newest_comment_time;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_comments;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_comments;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_hot;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_hot;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_score;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_score;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_published;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_published;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_local_active;
+DROP INDEX idx_post_aggregates_featured_community_active;
+
+DROP INDEX idx_comment_aggregates_hot;
+
+DROP INDEX idx_community_aggregates_hot;
+
+-- Add the new hot rank columns for post and comment aggregates
+-- Note: 1728 is the result of the hot_rank function, with a score of 1, posted now
+-- hot_rank = 10000*log10(1 + 3)/Power(2, 1.8)
+alter table post_aggregates add column hot_rank integer not null default 1728;
+alter table post_aggregates add column hot_rank_active integer not null default 1728;
+
+alter table comment_aggregates add column hot_rank integer not null default 1728;
+
+alter table community_aggregates add column hot_rank integer not null default 1728;
+
+-- Populate them initially
+-- Note: After initial population, these are updated in a periodic scheduled job, 
+-- with only the last week being updated.
+update post_aggregates set hot_rank_active = hot_rank(score::numeric, newest_comment_time_necro);
+update post_aggregates set hot_rank = hot_rank(score::numeric, published);
+update comment_aggregates set hot_rank = hot_rank(score::numeric, published);
+update community_aggregates set hot_rank = hot_rank(subscribers::numeric, published);
+
+-- Create single column indexes
+create index idx_post_aggregates_score on post_aggregates (score desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_published on post_aggregates (published desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_newest_comment_time on post_aggregates (newest_comment_time desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_newest_comment_time_necro on post_aggregates (newest_comment_time_necro desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_featured_community on post_aggregates (featured_community desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_featured_local on post_aggregates (featured_local desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_hot on post_aggregates (hot_rank desc);
+create index idx_post_aggregates_active on post_aggregates (hot_rank_active desc);
+
+create index idx_comment_aggregates_hot on comment_aggregates (hot_rank desc);
+
+create index idx_community_aggregates_hot on community_aggregates (hot_rank desc);

scripts/query_testing/post_query_hot_rank.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo docker exec -i docker-postgres-1 psql -Ulemmy -c "EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, COSTS, VERBOSE, BUFFERS, FORMAT JSON) SELECT post.id, post.name, post.url, post.body, post.creator_id, post.community_id, post.removed, post.locked, post.published, post.updated, post.deleted, post.nsfw, post.embed_title, post.embed_description, post.embed_video_url, post.thumbnail_url, post.ap_id, post.local, post.language_id, post.featured_community, post.featured_local, person.id, person.name, person.display_name, person.avatar, person.banned, person.published, person.updated, person.actor_id, person.bio, person.local, person.banner, person.deleted, person.inbox_url, person.shared_inbox_url, person.matrix_user_id, person.admin, person.bot_account, person.ban_expires, person.instance_id, community.id, community.name, community.title, community.description, community.removed, community.published, community.updated, community.deleted, community.nsfw, community.actor_id, community.local, community.icon, community.banner, community.hidden, community.posting_restricted_to_mods, community.instance_id, community_person_ban.id, community_person_ban.community_id, community_person_ban.person_id, community_person_ban.published, community_person_ban.expires, post_aggregates.id, post_aggregates.post_id, post_aggregates.comments, post_aggregates.score, post_aggregates.upvotes, post_aggregates.downvotes, post_aggregates.published, post_aggregates.newest_comment_time_necro, post_aggregates.newest_comment_time, post_aggregates.featured_community, post_aggregates.featured_local, community_follower.id, community_follower.community_id, community_follower.person_id, community_follower.published, community_follower.pending, post_saved.id, post_saved.post_id, post_saved.person_id, post_saved.published, post_read.id, post_read.post_id, post_read.person_id, post_read.published, person_block.id, person_block.person_id, person_block.target_id, person_block.published, post_like.score, coalesce((post_aggregates.comments - person_post_aggregates.read_comments), post_aggregates.comments) FROM ((((((((((((post INNER JOIN person ON (post.creator_id = person.id)) INNER JOIN community ON (post.community_id = community.id)) LEFT OUTER JOIN community_person_ban ON (((post.community_id = community_person_ban.community_id) AND (community_person_ban.person_id = post.creator_id)) AND ((community_person_ban.expires IS NULL) OR (community_person_ban.expires > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)))) INNER JOIN post_aggregates ON (post_aggregates.post_id = post.id)) LEFT OUTER JOIN community_follower ON ((post.community_id = community_follower.community_id) AND (community_follower.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN post_saved ON ((post.id = post_saved.post_id) AND (post_saved.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN post_read ON ((post.id = post_read.post_id) AND (post_read.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN person_block ON ((post.creator_id = person_block.target_id) AND (person_block.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN community_block ON ((community.id = community_block.community_id) AND (community_block.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN post_like ON ((post.id = post_like.post_id) AND (post_like.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN person_post_aggregates ON ((post.id = person_post_aggregates.post_id) AND (person_post_aggregates.person_id = '33517'))) LEFT OUTER JOIN local_user_language ON ((post.language_id = local_user_language.language_id) AND (local_user_language.local_user_id = '11402'))) WHERE ((((((((((community_follower.person_id IS NOT NULL) AND (post.nsfw = 'f')) AND (community.nsfw = 'f')) AND (local_user_language.language_id IS NOT NULL)) AND (community_block.person_id IS NULL)) AND (person_block.person_id IS NULL)) AND (post.removed = 'f')) AND (post.deleted = 'f')) AND (community.removed = 'f')) AND (community.deleted = 'f')) ORDER BY post_aggregates.featured_local DESC , post_aggregates.hot_rank DESC LIMIT '40' OFFSET '0';" > query_results.json

src/scheduled_tasks.rs

@@ -8,9 +8,17 @@ use diesel::{
 // Import week days and WeekDay
 use diesel::{sql_query, PgConnection, RunQueryDsl};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
-  schema::{activity, community_person_ban, instance, person},
+  schema::{
+    activity,
+    comment_aggregates,
+    community_aggregates,
+    community_person_ban,
+    instance,
+    person,
+    post_aggregates,
+  },
   source::instance::{Instance, InstanceForm},
-  utils::naive_now,
+  utils::{functions::hot_rank, naive_now},
 };
 use lemmy_routes::nodeinfo::NodeInfo;
 use lemmy_utils::{error::LemmyError, REQWEST_TIMEOUT};
@@ -23,33 +31,35 @@ pub fn setup(db_url: String, user_agent: String) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   // Setup the connections
   let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new();
 
-  let mut conn = PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect("could not establish connection");
+  let mut conn_1 = PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect("could not establish connection");
-
   let mut conn_2 = PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect("could not establish connection");
+  let mut conn_3 = PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect("could not establish connection");
+  let mut conn_4 = PgConnection::establish(&db_url).expect("could not establish connection");
 
-  active_counts(&mut conn);
+  // Run on startup
-  update_banned_when_expired(&mut conn);
+  active_counts(&mut conn_1);
+  update_hot_ranks(&mut conn_1, false);
+  update_banned_when_expired(&mut conn_1);
+  clear_old_activities(&mut conn_1);
 
-  // On startup, reindex the tables non-concurrently
+  // Update active counts every hour
-  // TODO remove this for now, since it slows down startup a lot on lemmy.ml
-  reindex_aggregates_tables(&mut conn, true);
   scheduler.every(CTimeUnits::hour(1)).run(move || {
-    let conn = &mut PgConnection::establish(&db_url)
+    active_counts(&mut conn_1);
-      .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Error connecting to {db_url}"));
+    update_banned_when_expired(&mut conn_1);
-    active_counts(conn);
-    update_banned_when_expired(conn);
-    reindex_aggregates_tables(conn, true);
-    drop_ccnew_indexes(conn);
   });
 
-  clear_old_activities(&mut conn);
+  // Update hot ranks every 5 minutes
+  scheduler.every(CTimeUnits::minutes(5)).run(move || {
+    update_hot_ranks(&mut conn_2, true);
+  });
+
+  // Clear old activities every week
   scheduler.every(CTimeUnits::weeks(1)).run(move || {
-    clear_old_activities(&mut conn);
+    clear_old_activities(&mut conn_3);
   });
 
-  update_instance_software(&mut conn_2, &user_agent);
   scheduler.every(CTimeUnits::days(1)).run(move || {
-    update_instance_software(&mut conn_2, &user_agent);
+    update_instance_software(&mut conn_4, &user_agent);
   });
 
   // Manually run the scheduler in an event loop
@@ -59,24 +69,50 @@ pub fn setup(db_url: String, user_agent: String) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   }
 }
 
-/// Reindex the aggregates tables every one hour
+/// Update the hot_rank columns for the aggregates tables
-/// This is necessary because hot_rank is actually a mutable function:
+fn update_hot_ranks(conn: &mut PgConnection, last_week_only: bool) {
-/// https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/284052/how-to-create-an-index-based-on-a-time-based-function-in-postgres?noredirect=1#comment555727_284052
+  let mut post_update = diesel::update(post_aggregates::table).into_boxed();
-fn reindex_aggregates_tables(conn: &mut PgConnection, concurrently: bool) {
+  let mut comment_update = diesel::update(comment_aggregates::table).into_boxed();
-  for table_name in &[
+  let mut community_update = diesel::update(community_aggregates::table).into_boxed();
-    "post_aggregates",
-    "comment_aggregates",
-    "community_aggregates",
-  ] {
-    reindex_table(conn, table_name, concurrently);
-  }
-}
 
-fn reindex_table(conn: &mut PgConnection, table_name: &str, concurrently: bool) {
+  // Only update for the last week of content
-  let concurrently_str = if concurrently { "concurrently" } else { "" };
+  if last_week_only {
-  info!("Reindexing table {} {} ...", concurrently_str, table_name);
+    info!("Updating hot ranks for last week...");
-  let query = format!("reindex table {concurrently_str} {table_name}");
+    let last_week = now - diesel::dsl::IntervalDsl::weeks(1);
-  sql_query(query).execute(conn).expect("reindex table");
+
+    post_update = post_update.filter(post_aggregates::published.gt(last_week));
+    comment_update = comment_update.filter(comment_aggregates::published.gt(last_week));
+    community_update = community_update.filter(community_aggregates::published.gt(last_week));
+  } else {
+    info!("Updating hot ranks for all history...");
+  }
+
+  post_update
+    .set((
+      post_aggregates::hot_rank.eq(hot_rank(post_aggregates::score, post_aggregates::published)),
+      post_aggregates::hot_rank_active.eq(hot_rank(
+        post_aggregates::score,
+        post_aggregates::newest_comment_time_necro,
+      )),
+    ))
+    .execute(conn)
+    .expect("update post_aggregate hot_ranks");
+
+  comment_update
+    .set(comment_aggregates::hot_rank.eq(hot_rank(
+      comment_aggregates::score,
+      comment_aggregates::published,
+    )))
+    .execute(conn)
+    .expect("update comment_aggregate hot_ranks");
+
+  community_update
+    .set(community_aggregates::hot_rank.eq(hot_rank(
+      community_aggregates::subscribers,
+      community_aggregates::published,
+    )))
+    .execute(conn)
+    .expect("update community_aggregate hot_ranks");
   info!("Done.");
 }
 
@@ -136,16 +172,6 @@ fn update_banned_when_expired(conn: &mut PgConnection) {
     .expect("remove community_ban expired rows");
 }
 
-/// Drops the phantom CCNEW indexes created by postgres
-/// https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2431
-fn drop_ccnew_indexes(conn: &mut PgConnection) {
-  info!("Dropping phantom ccnew indexes...");
-  let drop_stmt = "select drop_ccnew_indexes()";
-  sql_query(drop_stmt)
-    .execute(conn)
-    .expect("drop ccnew indexes");
-}
-
 /// Updates the instance software and version
 fn update_instance_software(conn: &mut PgConnection, user_agent: &str) {
   info!("Updating instances software and versions...");