diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/blumeops-pg.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/blumeops-pg.yaml
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+# PostgreSQL Cluster for blumeops services on ringtail k3s.
+#
+# Wave-1 indri-k8s decommission target (see [[migrate-wave1-ringtail]]).
+# Holds the paperless and teslamate databases migrated off the minikube
+# blumeops-pg via cold pg_dump/pg_restore at cutover. miniflux + authentik
+# stay where they are for now (later waves), so this cluster only carries
+# the wave-1 roles.
+#
+# Apps reach this in-cluster at blumeops-pg-rw.databases.svc.cluster.local
+# — the same name they used on minikube, so teslamate's DATABASE_HOST is
+# unchanged.
+#
+# Database creation is deferred to cutover, mirroring the minikube cluster
+# (where only the bootstrap database is declared and the rest were created
+# out-of-band):
+#   - paperless: the bootstrap database below (restored into at cutover).
+#   - teslamate: created at its cutover by the eblume superuser, because the
+#     dump's `earthdistance` extension is untrusted and CREATE EXTENSION
+#     needs superuser. (cube + earthdistance ownership then transferred to
+#     the teslamate role so it can ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE.)
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: blumeops-pg
+  namespace: databases
+spec:
+  instances: 1
+  imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18.3
+
+  storage:
+    size: 10Gi
+    storageClass: local-path
+
+  bootstrap:
+    initdb:
+      database: paperless
+      owner: paperless
+
+  managed:
+    roles:
+      # eblume superuser for admin + privileged restore steps (extensions)
+      - name: eblume
+        login: true
+        superuser: true
+        createdb: true
+        createrole: true
+        connectionLimit: -1
+        ensure: present
+        inherit: true
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: blumeops-pg-eblume
+      # borgmatic read-only user for backups
+      - name: borgmatic
+        login: true
+        connectionLimit: -1
+        ensure: present
+        inherit: true
+        inRoles:
+          - pg_read_all_data
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: blumeops-pg-borgmatic
+      # paperless user (also the bootstrap database owner above; the
+      # managed role sets its password from the 1Password-backed secret)
+      - name: paperless
+        login: true
+        connectionLimit: -1
+        ensure: present
+        inherit: true
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: blumeops-pg-paperless
+      # teslamate user. Extension ownership (cube, earthdistance) is
+      # transferred to this role at cutover so it can ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE.
+      - name: teslamate
+        login: true
+        connectionLimit: -1
+        ensure: present
+        inherit: true
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: blumeops-pg-teslamate
+
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: "256Mi"
+      cpu: "100m"
+    limits:
+      memory: "1Gi"
+      cpu: "500m"
+
+  postgresql:
+    parameters:
+      max_connections: "50"
+      shared_buffers: "128MB"
+      password_encryption: "scram-sha-256"
+    pg_hba:
+      # Password auth from anywhere; network security is via Tailscale.
+      - host all all 0.0.0.0/0 scram-sha-256
+      - host all all ::/0 scram-sha-256
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-borgmatic.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-borgmatic.yaml
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+# ExternalSecret for borgmatic backup user password
+#
+# Replaces the manual op inject workflow from secret-borgmatic.yaml.tpl
+#
+# 1Password item: "borgmatic" in blumeops vault
+# Field: "db-password"
+#
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: blumeops-pg-borgmatic
+  namespace: databases
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: onepassword-blumeops
+  target:
+    name: blumeops-pg-borgmatic
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
+      data:
+        username: borgmatic
+        password: "{{ .password }}"
+  data:
+  - secretKey: password
+    remoteRef:
+      key: borgmatic
+      property: db-password
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-eblume.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-eblume.yaml
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+++ b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-eblume.yaml
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+# ExternalSecret for eblume superuser password
+#
+# Replaces the manual op inject workflow from secret-eblume.yaml.tpl
+#
+# 1Password item: "postgres" in blumeops vault
+# Field: "password"
+#
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: blumeops-pg-eblume
+  namespace: databases
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: onepassword-blumeops
+  target:
+    name: blumeops-pg-eblume
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
+      data:
+        username: eblume
+        password: "{{ .password }}"
+  data:
+  - secretKey: password
+    remoteRef:
+      key: postgres
+      property: password
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-paperless.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-paperless.yaml
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+# ExternalSecret for Paperless database user password
+#
+# 1Password item: "Paperless (blumeops)" in blumeops vault
+# Field: "postgresql-password"
+#
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: blumeops-pg-paperless
+  namespace: databases
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: onepassword-blumeops
+  target:
+    name: blumeops-pg-paperless
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
+      data:
+        username: paperless
+        password: "{{ .password }}"
+  data:
+  - secretKey: password
+    remoteRef:
+      key: Paperless (blumeops)
+      property: postgresql-password
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-teslamate.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/external-secret-teslamate.yaml
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+# ExternalSecret for TeslaMate database user password
+#
+# Replaces the manual op inject workflow from secret-teslamate.yaml.tpl
+#
+# 1Password item: "TeslaMate" in blumeops vault
+# Field: "db_password"
+#
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: blumeops-pg-teslamate
+  namespace: databases
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: onepassword-blumeops
+  target:
+    name: blumeops-pg-teslamate
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+    template:
+      type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
+      data:
+        username: teslamate
+        password: "{{ .password }}"
+  data:
+  - secretKey: password
+    remoteRef:
+      key: TeslaMate
+      property: db_password
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/kustomization.yaml b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/kustomization.yaml
index 971e2d4..2bc2af3 100644
--- a/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/argocd/manifests/databases-ringtail/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ resources:
   - immich-pg.yaml
   - external-secret-immich-borgmatic.yaml
   - service-immich-pg-tailscale.yaml
+  # wave-1 indri-k8s decommission: blumeops-pg (paperless + teslamate)
+  - blumeops-pg.yaml
+  - external-secret-eblume.yaml
+  - external-secret-borgmatic.yaml
+  - external-secret-paperless.yaml
+  - external-secret-teslamate.yaml