The v2 pivot replaced per-tag SigLIP centroids with learned heads + CCIP.
Centroids were still recomputed (on every tag merge + a daily beat) but NOTHING
read them — suggestions come from heads+CCIP and apply_allowlist_tags applies
via Camie predictions, not centroids. Pure dead wiring; remove it.
Removed: CentroidService, recompute_centroid/recompute_centroids tasks, the
daily beat, POST /api/ml/recompute-centroids, the recompute-on-merge trigger,
the tag_reference_embedding table + model, the centroid_similarity_threshold +
min_reference_images settings (migration 0066), the CentroidRecomputeCard +
its store action + MaintenancePanel tile, and the centroid slider in
MLThresholdSliders. _keep_as_alias drops its vestigial has-centroid branch (the
allowlist branch already covers "could re-emit"); tag merge no longer clears a
table that no longer exists.
NOT touched (still live, parallel to heads): the Camie tagger, ImagePrediction,
and the allowlist bulk-apply — accepting a suggestion still allowlists + applies
it across the library. The tag-eval "centroid" baseline metric is unrelated
(in-memory) and stays. (image_record.centroid_scores JSON column also remains —
separate legacy field, its own micro-cleanup.)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ttrj5P7upUTueSfoJcxEqa
Read cutover verified in prod (suggestions + allowlist read image_prediction;
backfill complete at 908k rows / 51k images). Removes the old JSON column and
everything that fed it:
- ImageRecord.tagger_predictions column removed; migration 0046 DROPs it.
tagger_model_version kept as the "tagged / current?" signal the backfill
sweep reads (needs-tagging check switched to tagger_model_version IS NULL).
- tag_and_embed no longer dual-writes the JSON — image_prediction is the only
write path.
- importer re-import reset drops the JSON line (image_prediction rows are
already deleted on re-import).
- Retired the one-time #768 backfill task + the #764 prune task, their admin
endpoints, and their Maintenance cards (Backfill/PrunePredictionsCard).
- Tests seed/assert via image_prediction; stale column refs removed.
Disk reclaim is NOT automatic: DROP COLUMN is a catalog change. Run
`VACUUM FULL image_record` off-hours afterward to return the ~100 GB to the OS
so DB backups go small (#739). image_prediction (~90 MB) stays in pg_dump — it's
the source of truth now.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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