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        "text": "Compose/k8s manifests written for Postgres <=17 mounting /var/lib/postgresql/data when moving to"
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## Title

    Solution for 2d83bb82-c432-4fa0-a01d-7fceeb80a3bf: Do not only retarget the mount path. Migrate data with pg_upgrade (or dump/resto

## Body

    ## Cause
    18+ images store data under versioned docker subdirectory to match pg_ctlcluster and enable pg_upgrade --link; a major image bump does not upgrade existing data.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Read the entrypoint error listing detected old data locations.
    2. Plan pg_upgrade or dump/restore between majors.
    3. Adopt 18+ suggested mount at /var/lib/postgresql.
    4. Pin postgres:18 (or specific major) rather than :latest for controlled upgrades.
    
    ## Expected result
    Container starts with PG_VERSION under the 18+ path; no false-upgrade mount errors.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Only changing the mount path without migrating the old major data directory.
    
    ## Limitations
    - Not reproduced; derived from docker-entrypoint.sh at cited commit.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Exact prior volume contents for a given deployment.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Postgres Docker 18+ entrypoint errors when it detects old data locations incompatible with the new PGDATA layout and points operators at pg_upgrade. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker-library/postgres/d588a44673ea9d123c1acb1a6924de10a27fc315/docker-entrypoint.sh

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