diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml
index 4156cb6..ced1cb6 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -227,3 +227,63 @@ jobs:
             echo "Failed to push gitops update for $service after all retries" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
+
+  build-db-migrate:
+    runs-on: docker-ready
+    # Separate from the service matrix above: db-migrate isn't an apps/*
+    # service (it's crates/db-migrate, built from Dockerfile.migrate), isn't
+    # tracked via the gitops per-SHA release state, and the running Job
+    # always pulls the static `<branch>-latest` tag (see
+    # k8s-migration-job.yaml) rather than a pinned digest. Build on every
+    # push rather than change-detecting crates/db/migrations/** - the whole
+    # point is that a stale image here silently no-ops new migrations
+    # (a job that "succeeds" without applying anything), so keeping this
+    # unconditional trades a little redundant CI time for not repeating that.
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Point DOCKER_HOST at this container's own gateway
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          GATEWAY="$(awk '$2 == "00000000" {print $3}' /proc/net/route | head -1 | \
+            sed -E 's/(..)(..)(..)(..)/0x\4 0x\3 0x\2 0x\1/' | \
+            { read -r a b c d; printf '%d.%d.%d.%d' "$a" "$b" "$c" "$d"; })"
+          echo "Detected docker host gateway: $GATEWAY"
+          echo "DOCKER_HOST=tcp://$GATEWAY:2375" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          docker version
+          docker buildx create --use --name nxtgauge-builder || docker buildx use nxtgauge-builder
+          docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
+
+      - name: Login to registry
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_HOST: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST || 'ci.nxtgauge.com' }}
+          REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          printf '%s' "$REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login "$REGISTRY_HOST" -u "$REGISTRY_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_HOST: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST || 'ci.nxtgauge.com' }}
+          REGISTRY_NAMESPACE: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_NAMESPACE || 'ashwin' }}
+          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          branch="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          base="$REGISTRY_HOST/$REGISTRY_NAMESPACE/nxtgauge-db-migrate"
+
+          docker buildx build --push \
+            -f Dockerfile.migrate \
+            -t "${base}:${branch}-latest" \
+            -t "${base}:${SHA}" \
+            .
diff --git a/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.down.sql b/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.down.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 6320de0..0000000
--- a/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.down.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ai_guard_violations;
diff --git a/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.up.sql b/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.up.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index d5ffba7..0000000
--- a/crates/db/migrations_new/20260815000001_create_ai_guard_violations.up.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
--- AI Guard Violations — records every message blocked by the content guard.
--- Migration: 20260815000001
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ai_guard_violations (
-    id           UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-    user_id      UUID REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
-    message_excerpt TEXT NOT NULL,          -- first 200 chars, never the full text
-    guard_type   VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,      -- 'keyword' | 'length' | 'flood' | 'moderation_api'
-    reason       TEXT NOT NULL,             -- human-readable rejection reason
-    categories   JSONB,                     -- OpenAI moderation categories (moderation_api only)
-    created_at   TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
-);
-
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ai_guard_violations_user_id    ON ai_guard_violations(user_id);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ai_guard_violations_created_at ON ai_guard_violations(created_at DESC);
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ai_guard_violations_guard_type ON ai_guard_violations(guard_type);