diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3f8f53..b7b4e28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@
 
 [`abra`]: https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/abra
 [`coop-cloud/traefik`]: https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/traefik
-p-cloud/traefik
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
index ea81aaa..60974a7 100644
--- a/abra.sh
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export CLICKHOUSE_CONF_VERSION=v2
 export CLICKHOUSE_USER_CONF_VERSION=v2
-export DB_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v1
-export CLICKHOUSE_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v2
+export CLICKHOUSE_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v6
+export PG_BACKUP_VERSION=v1
+export CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_SCRIPT_VERSION=v1
diff --git a/clickhouse_backup.sh b/clickhouse_backup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac537b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clickhouse_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# clickhouse-backup output lives inside the event-data volume (snapshotted via
+# backupbot.backup.volumes.event-data.path). Restoring the raw data files under a
+# running server is unsafe, so restore performs a logical restore instead.
+BACKUP_DIR=/var/lib/clickhouse/backup/events
+MIGRATIONS_TSV="$BACKUP_DIR/schema_migrations.tsv"
+
+backup() {
+  clickhouse-backup create events
+  # schema_migrations is a TinyLog table — clickhouse-backup only FREEZEs MergeTree
+  # data, so its rows aren't captured. Export them alongside the backup, else a restore
+  # leaves the ledger empty and the next boot re-runs every migration (DUPLICATE_COLUMN).
+  clickhouse-client --query "SELECT * FROM plausible_events_db.schema_migrations FORMAT TSV" > "$MIGRATIONS_TSV"
+}
+
+backup_cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "$BACKUP_DIR"
+}
+
+restore() {
+  clickhouse-backup restore --rm events
+  clickhouse-client --query "TRUNCATE TABLE plausible_events_db.schema_migrations"
+  clickhouse-client --query "INSERT INTO plausible_events_db.schema_migrations FORMAT TSV" < "$MIGRATIONS_TSV"
+  rm -rf "$BACKUP_DIR"
+}
+
+"$@"
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index d20575c..ca1e152 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ services:
     command: sh -c "sleep 10 && /entrypoint.sh db createdb && /entrypoint.sh db migrate && /entrypoint.sh run"
     depends_on:
       - db
-      - events_db
+      - plausible_events_db
     environment:
       - BASE_URL=https://$DOMAIN
       - SECRET_KEY_BASE
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://plausible:plausible@${STACK_NAME}_db:5432/plausible
+      - CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE_URL=http://${STACK_NAME}_plausible_events_db:8123/plausible_events_db
       - SMTP_HOST_ADDR
       - MAILER_EMAIL
       - SMTP_HOST_PORT
@@ -25,38 +26,45 @@ services:
       - internal
     deploy:
       restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
+        # `any`, not `on-failure`: a restore disrupts postgres under the app and Erlang then
+        # shuts down gracefully (exit 0), which on-failure treats as done and never restarts.
+        condition: any
       labels:
         - "traefik.enable=true"
         - "traefik.http.services.${STACK_NAME}.loadbalancer.server.port=8000"
         - "traefik.http.routers.${STACK_NAME}.rule=Host(`${DOMAIN}`${EXTRA_DOMAINS})"
         - "traefik.http.routers.${STACK_NAME}.entrypoints=web-secure"
         - "traefik.http.routers.${STACK_NAME}.tls.certresolver=${LETS_ENCRYPT_ENV}"
-        - coop-cloud.${STACK_NAME}.version=3.0.1+v2.0.0
+        - coop-cloud.${STACK_NAME}.version=3.1.0+v2.0.0
   db:
-    image: postgres:13.12
-    configs:
-      - source: db_entrypoint
-        target: /docker-entrypoint.sh
-        mode: 0555
-    # Custom docker entrypoint to handle major Postgres version upgrades
+    image: pgautoupgrade/pgautoupgrade:18-alpine
     volumes:
       - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    entrypoint: /docker-entrypoint.sh
     environment:
+      # pin legacy PGDATA so the existing cluster on the volume is upgraded in place, not re-init'd
+      - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - POSTGRES_USER=plausible
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=plausible
       - POSTGRES_DB=plausible
     networks:
       - internal
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U plausible -d plausible"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 60
+    configs:
+      - source: pg_backup
+        target: /pg_backup.sh
+        mode: 0555
     deploy:
       labels:
         backupbot.backup: "true"
-        backupbot.backup.pre-hook: sh -c 'pg_dump -U "$$POSTGRES_USER" -Fc "$$POSTGRES_DB" | gzip > "/postgres.dump.gz"'
-        backupbot.backup.path: "/postgres.dump.gz"
-        backupbot.backup.post-hook: "rm -f /postgres.dump.gz"
+        backupbot.backup.volumes.db-data.path: "postgres.dump.gz"
+        backupbot.backup.pre-hook: "/pg_backup.sh backup"
+        backupbot.backup.post-hook: "/pg_backup.sh backup_cleanup"
         backupbot.restore: "true"
-        backupbot.restore.post-hook: sh -c 'gzip -d /postgres.dump.gz && pg_restore --clean -U "$$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname="$$PLAUSIBLE_DB" < /postgres.dump && rm -f /postgres.dump'
+        backupbot.restore.post-hook: "/pg_backup.sh restore"
 
   plausible_events_db:
     image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:23.4.2.11-alpine
@@ -71,16 +79,19 @@ services:
       - source: clickhouse_entrypoint
         target: /custom-entrypoint.sh
         mode: 0555
+      - source: clickhouse_backup
+        target: /clickhouse_backup.sh
+        mode: 0555
     networks:
       - internal
     deploy:
       labels:
         backupbot.backup: "true"
-        backupbot.backup.pre-hook: clickhouse-backup create events
-        backupbot.backup.path: "/var/lib/clickhouse/backup/events"
-        backupbot.backup.post-hook: "rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/backup/events"
+        backupbot.backup.volumes.event-data.path: "backup/events"
+        backupbot.backup.pre-hook: "/clickhouse_backup.sh backup"
+        backupbot.backup.post-hook: "/clickhouse_backup.sh backup_cleanup"
         backupbot.restore: "true"
-        backupbot.restore.post-hook: clickhouse-backup restore --rm events && rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/backup/events"
+        backupbot.restore.post-hook: "/clickhouse_backup.sh restore"
 
 volumes:
   db-data:
@@ -98,10 +109,12 @@ configs:
   clickhouse-user-config:
     name: ${STACK_NAME}_clickhouse_user_config_${CLICKHOUSE_USER_CONF_VERSION}
     file: clickhouse-user-config.xml
-  db_entrypoint:
-    name: ${STACK_NAME}_db_entrypoint_${DB_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION}
-    file: entrypoint.postgres.sh.tmpl
-    template_driver: golang
   clickhouse_entrypoint:
     name: ${STACK_NAME}_clickhouse_entrypoint_${CLICKHOUSE_ENTRYPOINT_VERSION}
     file: entrypoint.clickhouse.sh
+  pg_backup:
+    name: ${STACK_NAME}_pg_backup_${PG_BACKUP_VERSION}
+    file: pg_backup.sh
+  clickhouse_backup:
+    name: ${STACK_NAME}_clickhouse_backup_${CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_SCRIPT_VERSION}
+    file: clickhouse_backup.sh
diff --git a/entrypoint.clickhouse.sh b/entrypoint.clickhouse.sh
index 48f7ac7..5af4d4f 100644
--- a/entrypoint.clickhouse.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.clickhouse.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# Install clickhouse-backup (powers this recipe's backup/restore hooks) before starting the
+# server. The binary is cached on the persistent volume keyed by version (downloaded at most
+# once per app) and fetched with bounded retries + a read timeout; the binary is verified before
+# being trusted or cached. If it truly cannot be installed the deploy fails loudly rather than
+# silently shipping broken backups.
 
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_VERSION=2.4.2
 
@@ -17,13 +22,38 @@ elif [[ $ARCH =~ "x86_64" ]]; then
   ARCH="amd64"
 fi
 
-wget \
-    --quiet \
-    --continue \
-    --no-clobber \
-    --output-document=/tmp/clickhouse-backup.tar.gz \
-    "https://github.com/AlexAkulov/clickhouse-backup/releases/download/v${CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_VERSION}/clickhouse-backup-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz" 2>/dev/null
+CACHE_DIR=/var/lib/clickhouse/.ccci-bin
+CACHED="${CACHE_DIR}/clickhouse-backup-v${CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_VERSION}"
+BIN=/usr/local/bin/clickhouse-backup
+URL="https://github.com/Altinity/clickhouse-backup/releases/download/v${CLICKHOUSE_BACKUP_VERSION}/clickhouse-backup-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
 
-tar -xf /tmp/clickhouse-backup.tar.gz --directory=/usr/local/bin --strip-components=3
+binary_ok() {
+  "$1" --version >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
 
-/entrypoint.sh
+install_clickhouse_backup() {
+  mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR"
+  if [ -x "$CACHED" ] && binary_ok "$CACHED"; then
+    cp -f "$CACHED" "$BIN"
+    echo "clickhouse-backup: using verified cached binary ($CACHED)"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  rm -f "$CACHED" # absent or fails to execute — re-fetch
+  for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+    if wget -T 30 --continue --output-document=/tmp/clickhouse-backup.tar.gz "$URL" \
+       && tar -xf /tmp/clickhouse-backup.tar.gz --directory=/usr/local/bin --strip-components=3 \
+       && binary_ok "$BIN"; then
+      cp -f "$BIN" "$CACHED" 2>/dev/null || true
+      echo "clickhouse-backup: downloaded, verified + cached (attempt ${attempt})"
+      return 0
+    fi
+    echo "clickhouse-backup: fetch attempt ${attempt}/5 failed" >&2
+    [ "$attempt" -lt 5 ] && sleep $((attempt * 10))
+  done
+  echo "clickhouse-backup: could not install after 5 attempts — failing the deploy (without it backup/restore would be silently broken)" >&2
+  return 1
+}
+
+install_clickhouse_backup
+
+exec /entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/entrypoint.postgres.sh.tmpl b/entrypoint.postgres.sh.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ecc4fe..0000000
--- a/entrypoint.postgres.sh.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-MIGRATION_MARKER=$PGDATA/migration_in_progress
-OLDDATA=$PGDATA/old_data
-NEWDATA=$PGDATA/new_data
-
-if [ -e $MIGRATION_MARKER ]; then
-  echo "FATAL: migration was started but did not complete in a previous run. manual recovery necessary"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -f $PGDATA/PG_VERSION ]; then
-  DATA_VERSION=$(cat $PGDATA/PG_VERSION)
-
-  if [ -n "$DATA_VERSION" -a "$PG_MAJOR" != "$DATA_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "postgres data version $DATA_VERSION found, but need $PG_MAJOR. Starting migration"
-    echo "Installing postgres $DATA_VERSION"
-    sed -i "s/$/ $DATA_VERSION/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-      postgresql-$DATA_VERSION \
-      && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    echo "shuffling around"
-    gosu postgres mkdir $OLDDATA $NEWDATA
-    chmod 700 $OLDDATA $NEWDATA
-    mv $PGDATA/* $OLDDATA/ || true
-    touch $MIGRATION_MARKER
-    echo "running initdb"
-    # abuse entrypoint script for initdb by making server error out
-    gosu postgres bash -c "export PGDATA=$NEWDATA ; /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh --invalid-arg || true"
-    echo "running pg_upgrade"
-    cd /tmp
-    gosu postgres pg_upgrade --link -b /usr/lib/postgresql/$DATA_VERSION/bin -d $OLDDATA -D $NEWDATA -U $POSTGRES_USER
-    cp $OLDDATA/pg_hba.conf $NEWDATA/
-    mv $NEWDATA/* $PGDATA
-    rm -rf $OLDDATA
-    rmdir $NEWDATA
-    rm $MIGRATION_MARKER
-    echo "migration complete"
-  fi
-fi
-
-/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh postgres
diff --git a/pg_backup.sh b/pg_backup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84f5451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# The dump lives at the db-data volume root: backup-bot-two v2 snapshots paths inside
+# named volumes (backupbot.backup.volumes.db-data.path), not the container root fs.
+DUMP=/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgres.dump
+
+backup() {
+  pg_dump -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -Fc "$POSTGRES_DB" | gzip > "$DUMP.gz"
+}
+
+backup_cleanup() {
+  rm -f "$DUMP.gz"
+}
+
+restore() {
+  gzip -d "$DUMP.gz"
+  # --if-exists: otherwise DROPs on objects absent from the live db error out and
+  # pg_restore exits 1, killing the chain and leaving the dump behind.
+  pg_restore --clean --if-exists -U "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname="$POSTGRES_DB" < "$DUMP"
+  rm -f "$DUMP"
+  # pg_restore --clean recreates objects under the live app, so its pooled connections
+  # keep stale type-OID caches ('cache lookup failed for type ...' crash loops, e.g.
+  # Oban). Terminate them so Ecto reconnects fresh.
+  psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -c "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname = current_database() AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();"
+}
+
+"$@"