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+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class InstanceBansIndexes1772404321404 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = "InstanceBansIndexes1772404321404";
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX instance_bans_user_id_idx ON instance_bans USING HASH (user_id);`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX instance_bans_fingerprint_idx ON instance_bans USING HASH (fingerprint);`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX instance_bans_ip_address_idx ON instance_bans USING HASH (ip_address);`);
+        // sneaky, sneaky maintenance
+        await queryRunner.query(`REINDEX (VERBOSE) TABLE instance_bans;`);
+        // escape the transaction for a sec...
+        await queryRunner.query(`COMMIT;`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`VACUUM (FULL, ANALYZE, VERBOSE) instance_bans;`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`BEGIN;`);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX instance_bans_user_id_idx;`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX instance_bans_fingerprint_idx;`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX instance_bans_ip_address_idx;`);
+    }
+}