diff --git a/Server/Makefile b/Server/Makefile
index ff0253a6..0b408d4b 100644
--- a/Server/Makefile
+++ b/Server/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # OwnCord Server — developer convenience targets
 #
-# sqlc-generate  Regenerate type-safe Go from db/queries/sqlite/*.sql
-# sqlc-verify    Fail if committed dbgen output is stale (used by CI)
-# sqlc-install   Install the pinned sqlc version into $GOBIN
+# sqlc-generate  Regenerate type-safe Go for both the sqlite and postgres
+#                engines defined in sqlc.yaml (db/dbgen + db/pgdbgen).
+# sqlc-verify    Fail if either committed dbgen output is stale (used by CI).
+# sqlc-install   Install the pinned sqlc version into $GOBIN.
 
 SQLC_VERSION := $(shell cat sqlc.version)
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ sqlc-generate:
 
 sqlc-verify:
 	sqlc generate
-	@git diff --exit-code db/dbgen || ( \
-		echo "ERROR: db/dbgen is stale. Run 'make sqlc-generate' and commit the result." ; \
+	@git diff --exit-code db/dbgen db/pgdbgen || ( \
+		echo "ERROR: generated sqlc output is stale. Run 'make sqlc-generate' and commit the result." ; \
 		exit 1 ; \
 	)
diff --git a/Server/config/config.go b/Server/config/config.go
index e947eb20..e0f7835d 100644
--- a/Server/config/config.go
+++ b/Server/config/config.go
@@ -55,8 +55,31 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 }
 
 // DatabaseConfig holds database settings.
+//
+// Type selects the backend: "sqlite" (default, zero-config) or "postgres"
+// (community-hub scale, requires a running PostgreSQL server). The Path field
+// is only used by sqlite. The remaining fields apply to postgres only.
+//
+// PostgreSQL support is currently scaffolding-only: the schema, config plumbing,
+// and migrations are in place, but the store query layer is gated on the
+// in-progress sqlc adoption (Phase A Step 2). Setting Type to "postgres" will
+// cause the server to refuse to start with a clear error pointing at the
+// follow-up work — see Server/main.go.
 type DatabaseConfig struct {
+	// Type is "sqlite" or "postgres". Empty defaults to "sqlite".
+	Type string `koanf:"type"`
+
+	// Path is the SQLite database file path. Only used when Type == "sqlite".
 	Path string `koanf:"path"`
+
+	// PostgreSQL connection settings. Only used when Type == "postgres".
+	Host     string `koanf:"host"`
+	Port     int    `koanf:"port"`
+	User     string `koanf:"user"`
+	Password string `koanf:"password"`
+	Name     string `koanf:"name"`
+	SSLMode  string `koanf:"sslmode"`  // disable | require | verify-ca | verify-full
+	MaxConns int    `koanf:"max_conns"` // pgxpool max connections; 0 = pgxpool default
 }
 
 // TLSConfig holds TLS/certificate settings.
@@ -93,7 +116,12 @@ func defaults() Config {
 			},
 		},
 		Database: DatabaseConfig{
-			Path: "data/chatserver.db",
+			Type:    "sqlite",
+			Path:    "data/chatserver.db",
+			Host:    "localhost",
+			Port:    5432,
+			Name:    "owncord",
+			SSLMode: "disable",
 		},
 		TLS: TLSConfig{
 			Mode:         "self_signed",
@@ -129,7 +157,16 @@ server:
   #   - "192.168.0.0/16"
 
 database:
+  type: "sqlite"          # "sqlite" (default, zero-config) or "postgres"
   path: "data/chatserver.db"
+  # PostgreSQL settings (only used when type: "postgres"):
+  # host: "localhost"
+  # port: 5432
+  # user: "owncord"
+  # password: ""
+  # name: "owncord"
+  # sslmode: "disable"    # disable | require | verify-ca | verify-full
+  # max_conns: 0          # pgxpool connection cap (0 = pgx default)
 
 tls:
   mode: "self_signed"  # self_signed, acme, manual, off
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/admin.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/admin.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..614ed13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/admin.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite admin queries.
+
+-- name: UserCount :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users;
+
+-- name: CountActiveMessages :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE deleted = FALSE;
+
+-- name: CountChannels :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM channels;
+
+-- name: CountActiveInvites :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM invites WHERE revoked = FALSE;
+
+-- name: ListAllUsers :many
+SELECT u.id, u.username, u.avatar, u.role_id,
+       u.status, u.created_at, u.last_seen, u.banned, u.ban_reason, u.ban_expires,
+       COALESCE(r.name, '') AS role_name
+FROM users u
+LEFT JOIN roles r ON r.id = u.role_id
+ORDER BY u.id ASC
+LIMIT $1 OFFSET $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateUserRole :exec
+UPDATE users SET role_id = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: ForceLogoutUser :exec
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE user_id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetUserSessions :many
+SELECT id, user_id, token, device, ip_address, created_at, last_used, expires_at
+FROM sessions WHERE user_id = $1
+ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+
+-- name: LogAudit :exec
+INSERT INTO audit_log (actor_id, action, target_type, target_id, detail)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
+
+-- name: GetAuditLog :many
+SELECT a.id, a.actor_id, COALESCE(u.username, '') AS actor_name, a.action,
+       a.target_type, a.target_id, a.detail, a.created_at
+FROM audit_log a
+LEFT JOIN users u ON u.id = a.actor_id
+ORDER BY a.id DESC
+LIMIT $1 OFFSET $2;
+
+-- name: GetSetting :one
+SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key = $1;
+
+-- name: SetSetting :exec
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES ($1, $2)
+ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET value = EXCLUDED.value;
+
+-- name: GetAllSettings :many
+SELECT key, value FROM settings;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/attachments.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/attachments.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf3e0f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/attachments.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite attachments queries.
+
+-- name: CreateAttachment :exec
+INSERT INTO attachments (id, uploader_id, filename, stored_as, mime_type, size, width, height)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8);
+
+-- name: GetAttachmentByID :one
+SELECT id, message_id, filename, stored_as, mime_type, size, uploaded_at, uploader_id
+FROM attachments WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetAttachmentWithChannel :one
+SELECT a.id, a.message_id, a.filename, a.stored_as, a.mime_type, a.size,
+       a.uploaded_at, a.uploader_id, m.channel_id, c.type
+FROM attachments a
+LEFT JOIN messages m ON m.id = a.message_id
+LEFT JOIN channels c ON c.id = m.channel_id
+WHERE a.id = $1;
+
+-- name: LinkAttachmentToMessage :execrows
+UPDATE attachments SET message_id = $1 WHERE id = $2 AND message_id IS NULL;
+
+-- Postgres timestamptz comparison — the caller passes a wall-clock time.
+-- name: DeleteOrphanedAttachments :many
+DELETE FROM attachments WHERE message_id IS NULL AND uploaded_at < $1 RETURNING stored_as;
+
+-- name: DeleteAttachment :exec
+DELETE FROM attachments WHERE id = $1;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/blocks.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/blocks.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23dda418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/blocks.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite user block queries.
+-- `INSERT OR IGNORE` becomes `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`.
+
+-- name: BlockUser :exec
+INSERT INTO user_blocks (blocker_id, blocked_id) VALUES ($1, $2)
+ON CONFLICT (blocker_id, blocked_id) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- name: UnblockUser :exec
+DELETE FROM user_blocks WHERE blocker_id = $1 AND blocked_id = $2;
+
+-- name: IsBlocked :one
+SELECT 1 FROM user_blocks WHERE blocker_id = $1 AND blocked_id = $2 LIMIT 1;
+
+-- name: IsEitherBlocked :one
+SELECT 1 FROM user_blocks
+WHERE (blocker_id = $1 AND blocked_id = $2)
+   OR (blocker_id = $3 AND blocked_id = $4)
+LIMIT 1;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/channels.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/channels.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f3c2b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/channels.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite channels queries.
+
+-- name: ListChannels :many
+SELECT id, name, type, COALESCE(category, '') AS category, COALESCE(topic, '') AS topic,
+       position, slow_mode, archived, created_at,
+       COALESCE(voice_max_users, 0) AS voice_max_users,
+       voice_quality,
+       mixing_threshold,
+       COALESCE(voice_max_video, 0) AS voice_max_video
+FROM channels ORDER BY position ASC, id ASC;
+
+-- name: GetChannel :one
+SELECT id, name, type, COALESCE(category, '') AS category, COALESCE(topic, '') AS topic,
+       position, slow_mode, archived, created_at,
+       COALESCE(voice_max_users, 0) AS voice_max_users,
+       voice_quality,
+       mixing_threshold,
+       COALESCE(voice_max_video, 0) AS voice_max_video
+FROM channels WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: CreateChannel :one
+INSERT INTO channels (name, type, category, topic, position)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
+RETURNING id;
+
+-- name: UpdateChannel :exec
+UPDATE channels SET name = $1, topic = $2, slow_mode = $3 WHERE id = $4;
+
+-- name: SetChannelSlowMode :exec
+UPDATE channels SET slow_mode = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: SetChannelVoiceMaxUsers :exec
+UPDATE channels SET voice_max_users = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: SetChannelVoiceMaxVideo :exec
+UPDATE channels SET voice_max_video = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: SetChannelVoiceQuality :exec
+UPDATE channels SET voice_quality = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: SetChannelMixingThreshold :exec
+UPDATE channels SET mixing_threshold = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: ArchiveChannel :exec
+UPDATE channels SET archived = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: DeleteChannel :exec
+DELETE FROM channels WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: AdminUpdateChannel :exec
+UPDATE channels
+SET name = $1, topic = $2, slow_mode = $3, position = $4, archived = $5
+WHERE id = $6;
+
+-- name: UpsertChannelPermission :exec
+INSERT INTO channel_overrides (channel_id, role_id, allow, deny)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
+ON CONFLICT (channel_id, role_id) DO UPDATE SET
+    allow = EXCLUDED.allow,
+    deny  = EXCLUDED.deny;
+
+-- name: GetChannelPermission :one
+SELECT allow, deny FROM channel_overrides WHERE channel_id = $1 AND role_id = $2;
+
+-- name: GetRoleChannelPermissions :many
+SELECT channel_id, allow, deny FROM channel_overrides WHERE role_id = $1;
+
+-- name: DeleteChannelPermission :exec
+DELETE FROM channel_overrides WHERE channel_id = $1 AND role_id = $2;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/dm.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/dm.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93cfbedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/dm.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite DM queries.
+-- InsertDMChannel: sqlite uses :execresult (LastInsertId); postgres uses
+-- :one with RETURNING id.
+-- `INSERT OR IGNORE` becomes `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`.
+
+-- name: InsertDMChannel :one
+INSERT INTO channels (name, type) VALUES ('', 'dm') RETURNING id;
+
+-- name: InsertDMParticipants :exec
+INSERT INTO dm_participants (channel_id, user_id) VALUES ($1, $2), ($3, $4);
+
+-- name: InsertDMOpenState :exec
+INSERT INTO dm_open_state (user_id, channel_id) VALUES ($1, $2), ($3, $4)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, channel_id) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- name: FindExistingDMChannel :one
+SELECT dp1.channel_id
+FROM dm_participants dp1
+JOIN dm_participants dp2 ON dp1.channel_id = dp2.channel_id
+JOIN channels c ON c.id = dp1.channel_id
+WHERE dp1.user_id = $1 AND dp2.user_id = $2 AND c.type = 'dm'
+LIMIT 1;
+
+-- name: OpenDM :exec
+INSERT INTO dm_open_state (user_id, channel_id) VALUES ($1, $2)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, channel_id) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- name: CloseDM :exec
+DELETE FROM dm_open_state WHERE user_id = $1 AND channel_id = $2;
+
+-- name: IsDMParticipant :one
+SELECT user_id FROM dm_participants WHERE user_id = $1 AND channel_id = $2;
+
+-- name: GetDMParticipantIDs :many
+SELECT user_id FROM dm_participants WHERE channel_id = $1;
+
+-- For the "last message at" and "last message content" columns, sqlite
+-- COALESCEs to '' (empty string). Postgres TIMESTAMPTZ cannot COALESCE to an
+-- empty string, so we COALESCE to the dm_open_state.opened_at fallback and
+-- leave conversion to the store wrapper.
+-- name: GetUserDMChannels :many
+SELECT
+    c.id                                          AS channel_id,
+    u.id                                          AS recipient_id,
+    u.username                                    AS recipient_username,
+    COALESCE(u.avatar, '')                        AS recipient_avatar,
+    u.status                                      AS recipient_status,
+    lm.id                                         AS last_message_id,
+    COALESCE(lm.content, '')                      AS last_message,
+    COALESCE(lm.timestamp, dos.opened_at)         AS last_message_at,
+    COUNT(CASE WHEN m_unread.id > COALESCE(rs.last_message_id, 0)
+               AND m_unread.deleted = FALSE THEN 1 END) AS unread_count
+FROM dm_open_state dos
+JOIN channels c          ON c.id = dos.channel_id AND c.type = 'dm'
+JOIN dm_participants dp  ON dp.channel_id = c.id AND dp.user_id != $1
+JOIN users u             ON u.id = dp.user_id
+LEFT JOIN messages lm    ON lm.id = (
+    SELECT MAX(id) FROM messages WHERE channel_id = c.id AND deleted = FALSE
+)
+LEFT JOIN messages m_unread ON m_unread.channel_id = c.id
+LEFT JOIN read_states rs ON rs.channel_id = c.id AND rs.user_id = $2
+WHERE dos.user_id = $3
+GROUP BY c.id, u.id, lm.id, lm.content, lm.timestamp, dos.opened_at
+ORDER BY COALESCE(lm.timestamp, dos.opened_at) DESC;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/invites.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/invites.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd01e81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/invites.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite invites queries.
+-- The expiry check uses native timestamp comparison instead of sqlite's
+-- strftime('%s', …) trick.
+
+-- name: CreateInvite :exec
+INSERT INTO invites (code, created_by, max_uses, expires_at) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4);
+
+-- name: GetInvite :one
+SELECT id, code, created_by, max_uses, use_count, expires_at, revoked, created_at
+FROM invites WHERE code = $1;
+
+-- name: UseInviteAtomic :execrows
+UPDATE invites SET use_count = use_count + 1
+WHERE code = $1 AND revoked = FALSE
+  AND (max_uses IS NULL OR use_count < max_uses)
+  AND (expires_at IS NULL OR expires_at > NOW());
+
+-- name: RevokeInvite :exec
+UPDATE invites SET revoked = TRUE WHERE code = $1;
+
+-- name: ListInvites :many
+SELECT id, code, created_by, max_uses, use_count, expires_at, revoked, created_at
+FROM invites ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 200;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/lockouts.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/lockouts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e607926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/lockouts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite rate-lockout queries.
+-- `INSERT OR REPLACE` becomes `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE`.
+
+-- name: UpsertLockout :exec
+INSERT INTO rate_lockouts (key, expires_at) VALUES ($1, $2)
+ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET expires_at = EXCLUDED.expires_at;
+
+-- name: LoadActiveLockouts :many
+SELECT key, expires_at FROM rate_lockouts WHERE expires_at > $1;
+
+-- name: CleanupExpiredLockouts :exec
+DELETE FROM rate_lockouts WHERE expires_at <= $1;
+
+-- name: DeleteLockout :exec
+DELETE FROM rate_lockouts WHERE key = $1;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/messages.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/messages.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b73e0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/messages.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite messages queries.
+-- `deleted = 0/1` and `pinned = 0/1` become FALSE/TRUE (columns are BOOLEAN).
+-- The FTS search queries are NOT included here: on postgres, messages.fts is
+-- a tsvector column with a GIN index (see migrations/postgres/001_initial_schema.sql)
+-- and FTS queries are hand-written in the postgres-specific store dispatch,
+-- mirroring how sqlite's FTS5 queries live in message_queries.go.
+
+-- name: CreateMessage :one
+INSERT INTO messages (channel_id, user_id, content, reply_to)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
+RETURNING id;
+
+-- name: GetMessage :one
+SELECT id, channel_id, user_id, content, reply_to, edited_at, deleted, pinned, timestamp
+FROM messages WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetMessagesByChannelBeforeCursor :many
+SELECT m.id, m.channel_id, m.user_id, m.content, m.reply_to,
+       m.edited_at, m.deleted, m.pinned, m.timestamp,
+       u.username, u.avatar
+FROM messages m JOIN users u ON m.user_id = u.id
+WHERE m.channel_id = $1 AND m.id < $2 AND m.deleted = FALSE
+ORDER BY m.id DESC LIMIT $3;
+
+-- name: GetMessagesByChannel :many
+SELECT m.id, m.channel_id, m.user_id, m.content, m.reply_to,
+       m.edited_at, m.deleted, m.pinned, m.timestamp,
+       u.username, u.avatar
+FROM messages m JOIN users u ON m.user_id = u.id
+WHERE m.channel_id = $1 AND m.deleted = FALSE
+ORDER BY m.id DESC LIMIT $2;
+
+-- name: GetMessagesForAPIBeforeCursor :many
+SELECT m.id, m.channel_id, m.user_id, u.username, u.avatar,
+       m.content, m.reply_to, m.edited_at, m.deleted, m.pinned, m.timestamp
+FROM messages m JOIN users u ON m.user_id = u.id
+WHERE m.channel_id = $1 AND m.id < $2 AND m.deleted = FALSE
+ORDER BY m.id DESC LIMIT $3;
+
+-- name: GetMessagesForAPI :many
+SELECT m.id, m.channel_id, m.user_id, u.username, u.avatar,
+       m.content, m.reply_to, m.edited_at, m.deleted, m.pinned, m.timestamp
+FROM messages m JOIN users u ON m.user_id = u.id
+WHERE m.channel_id = $1 AND m.deleted = FALSE
+ORDER BY m.id DESC LIMIT $2;
+
+-- name: GetPinnedMessageRows :many
+SELECT m.id, m.channel_id, m.user_id, u.username, u.avatar,
+       m.content, m.reply_to, m.edited_at, m.deleted, m.pinned, m.timestamp
+FROM messages m JOIN users u ON m.user_id = u.id
+WHERE m.channel_id = $1 AND m.pinned = TRUE AND m.deleted = FALSE
+ORDER BY m.id DESC;
+
+-- name: EditMessageContent :exec
+UPDATE messages SET content = $1, edited_at = NOW() WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: SoftDeleteMessage :exec
+UPDATE messages SET deleted = TRUE WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: SetMessagePinned :execrows
+UPDATE messages SET pinned = $1 WHERE id = $2 AND deleted = FALSE;
+
+-- name: GetLatestMessageID :one
+SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0)::BIGINT FROM messages WHERE channel_id = $1 AND deleted = FALSE;
+
+-- name: UpdateReadState :exec
+INSERT INTO read_states (user_id, channel_id, last_message_id)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, channel_id) DO UPDATE SET last_message_id = EXCLUDED.last_message_id;
+
+-- name: GetChannelUnreadCounts :many
+SELECT c.id,
+       COALESCE(MAX(m.id), 0)::BIGINT AS last_msg_id,
+       COUNT(CASE WHEN m.id > COALESCE(rs.last_message_id, 0) AND m.deleted = FALSE THEN 1 END) AS unread
+FROM channels c
+LEFT JOIN messages m ON m.channel_id = c.id AND m.deleted = FALSE
+LEFT JOIN read_states rs ON rs.channel_id = c.id AND rs.user_id = $1
+WHERE c.type = 'text'
+GROUP BY c.id;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/profile.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/profile.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d95a03a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/profile.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite profile queries.
+-- UpdateUserProfile uses :execrows because postgres has no LastInsertId;
+-- the caller checks rows-affected for existence.
+
+-- name: UpdateUserProfile :execrows
+UPDATE users SET username = $1, avatar = $2 WHERE id = $3;
+
+-- name: UpdateUserPassword :exec
+UPDATE users SET password = $1 WHERE id = $2;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/reactions.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/reactions.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4980c16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/reactions.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite reactions queries.
+
+-- name: AddReaction :exec
+INSERT INTO reactions (message_id, user_id, emoji) VALUES ($1, $2, $3);
+
+-- name: RemoveReaction :execrows
+DELETE FROM reactions WHERE message_id = $1 AND user_id = $2 AND emoji = $3;
+
+-- name: GetReactionCounts :many
+SELECT emoji, COUNT(*) AS count
+FROM reactions WHERE message_id = $1
+GROUP BY emoji;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/roles.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/roles.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a52474d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/roles.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite roles queries.
+-- `is_default = 1` becomes `is_default = TRUE` since the column is BOOLEAN.
+
+-- name: GetRoleByID :one
+SELECT id, name, color, permissions, position, is_default
+FROM roles WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: ListRoles :many
+SELECT id, name, color, permissions, position, is_default
+FROM roles ORDER BY position DESC;
+
+-- name: GetRoleForUser :one
+SELECT r.id, r.name, r.color, r.permissions, r.position, r.is_default
+FROM users u
+JOIN roles r ON u.role_id = r.id
+WHERE u.id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetUserWithRole :one
+SELECT u.id, u.username, u.password, u.avatar, u.role_id,
+       u.totp_secret, u.status, u.created_at, u.last_seen,
+       u.banned, u.ban_reason, u.ban_expires,
+       r.id, r.name, r.color, r.permissions, r.position, r.is_default
+FROM users u
+JOIN roles r ON r.id = u.role_id
+WHERE u.id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetDefaultRole :one
+SELECT id, name, color, permissions, position, is_default
+FROM roles WHERE is_default = TRUE LIMIT 1;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/sessions.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/sessions.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33845cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/sessions.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite sessions queries.
+
+-- name: InsertSession :one
+INSERT INTO sessions (user_id, token, device, ip_address, expires_at)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
+RETURNING id;
+
+-- Delete all but the N most recent sessions for a user. Postgres replaces
+-- sqlite's `LIMIT -1 OFFSET ?` with `OFFSET $2`.
+-- name: EvictOldestSessions :exec
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE id IN (
+    SELECT s2.id FROM sessions AS s2 WHERE s2.user_id = $1
+    ORDER BY s2.created_at DESC
+    OFFSET $2
+);
+
+-- name: GetSessionByTokenHash :one
+SELECT id, user_id, token, device, ip_address, created_at, last_used, expires_at
+FROM sessions WHERE token = $1;
+
+-- name: GetSessionWithBanStatus :one
+SELECT s.id, s.user_id, s.token, s.device, s.ip_address,
+       s.created_at, s.last_used, s.expires_at,
+       u.banned, u.ban_reason, u.ban_expires
+FROM sessions s
+JOIN users u ON s.user_id = u.id
+WHERE s.token = $1;
+
+-- name: DeleteSessionByToken :exec
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE token = $1;
+
+-- name: DeleteSessionByID :exec
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE id = $1 AND user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: DeleteOtherSessions :execrows
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE user_id = $1 AND id != $2;
+
+-- Use native timestamp comparison instead of sqlite's strftime trick.
+-- name: DeleteExpiredSessions :exec
+DELETE FROM sessions WHERE expires_at < NOW();
+
+-- name: TouchSession :exec
+UPDATE sessions SET last_used = NOW() WHERE token = $1;
+
+-- name: ListUserSessions :many
+SELECT id, user_id, token, device, ip_address, created_at, last_used, expires_at
+FROM sessions
+WHERE user_id = $1
+ORDER BY created_at DESC;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/users.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/users.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a244152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/users.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite users queries.
+-- Differences from sqlite:
+--   - `?`                    -> `$1`, `$2`, …
+--   - `COLLATE NOCASE`       -> removed; the `username` column is CITEXT.
+--   - `datetime('now')`      -> `NOW()`
+--   - `banned = 0/1`         -> `banned = FALSE/TRUE` (column is BOOLEAN)
+--   - `:execresult INSERT`   -> `:one ... RETURNING id` (pgx has no LastInsertId)
+
+-- name: GetUserByUsername :one
+SELECT id, username, password, avatar, role_id, totp_secret, status,
+       created_at, last_seen, banned, ban_reason, ban_expires
+FROM users WHERE username = $1;
+
+-- name: GetUserByID :one
+SELECT id, username, password, avatar, role_id, totp_secret, status,
+       created_at, last_seen, banned, ban_reason, ban_expires
+FROM users WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: CreateUser :one
+INSERT INTO users (username, password, role_id)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
+RETURNING id;
+
+-- name: UpdateUserStatus :exec
+UPDATE users SET status = $1, last_seen = NOW() WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateUserTOTPSecret :exec
+UPDATE users SET totp_secret = $1 WHERE id = $2;
+
+-- name: ResetAllUserStatuses :exec
+UPDATE users SET status = 'offline' WHERE status != 'offline';
+
+-- name: BanUser :exec
+UPDATE users SET banned = TRUE, ban_reason = $1, ban_expires = $2 WHERE id = $3;
+
+-- name: UnbanUser :exec
+UPDATE users SET banned = FALSE, ban_reason = NULL, ban_expires = NULL WHERE id = $1;
+
+-- name: ListMembers :many
+SELECT u.id, u.username, u.avatar, u.status, LOWER(r.name)
+FROM users u
+JOIN roles r ON u.role_id = r.id
+WHERE u.banned = FALSE
+ORDER BY u.username ASC
+LIMIT 1000;
+
+-- name: CountUsers :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users;
+
+-- name: CountUsersWithoutTOTP :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE banned = FALSE AND totp_secret IS NULL;
diff --git a/Server/db/queries/postgres/voice.sql b/Server/db/queries/postgres/voice.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9db052a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db/queries/postgres/voice.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+-- PostgreSQL variants of the sqlite voice queries.
+-- voice_states boolean columns (muted, deafened, speaking, camera,
+-- screenshare) use FALSE/TRUE instead of 0/1.
+
+-- name: JoinVoiceChannel :exec
+INSERT INTO voice_states (user_id, channel_id, muted, deafened, speaking, camera, screenshare, joined_at)
+VALUES ($1, $2, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, $3)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id) DO UPDATE SET
+    channel_id  = EXCLUDED.channel_id,
+    muted       = FALSE,
+    deafened    = FALSE,
+    speaking    = FALSE,
+    camera      = FALSE,
+    screenshare = FALSE,
+    joined_at   = EXCLUDED.joined_at;
+
+-- name: JoinVoiceChannelIfCapacity :execrows
+INSERT INTO voice_states (user_id, channel_id, muted, deafened, speaking, camera, screenshare, joined_at)
+SELECT $1, $2, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, $3
+WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM voice_states AS vs2 WHERE vs2.channel_id = $4) < $5
+ON CONFLICT (user_id) DO UPDATE SET
+    channel_id  = EXCLUDED.channel_id,
+    muted       = FALSE,
+    deafened    = FALSE,
+    speaking    = FALSE,
+    camera      = FALSE,
+    screenshare = FALSE,
+    joined_at   = EXCLUDED.joined_at;
+
+-- name: LeaveVoiceChannel :exec
+DELETE FROM voice_states WHERE user_id = $1;
+
+-- name: LeaveVoiceChannelIfMatch :execrows
+DELETE FROM voice_states WHERE user_id = $1 AND channel_id = $2 AND joined_at = $3;
+
+-- name: GetUserVoiceState :one
+SELECT vs.user_id, vs.channel_id, u.username,
+       vs.muted, vs.deafened, vs.speaking,
+       vs.camera, vs.screenshare, vs.joined_at
+FROM voice_states vs
+JOIN users u ON u.id = vs.user_id
+WHERE vs.user_id = $1;
+
+-- name: GetChannelVoiceStates :many
+SELECT vs.user_id, vs.channel_id, u.username,
+       vs.muted, vs.deafened, vs.speaking,
+       vs.camera, vs.screenshare, vs.joined_at
+FROM voice_states vs
+JOIN users u ON u.id = vs.user_id
+WHERE vs.channel_id = $1
+ORDER BY vs.joined_at ASC;
+
+-- name: GetAllVoiceStates :many
+SELECT vs.user_id, vs.channel_id, u.username,
+       vs.muted, vs.deafened, vs.speaking,
+       vs.camera, vs.screenshare, vs.joined_at
+FROM voice_states vs
+JOIN users u ON u.id = vs.user_id
+ORDER BY vs.channel_id, vs.joined_at ASC;
+
+-- name: UpdateVoiceMute :exec
+UPDATE voice_states SET muted = $1 WHERE user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateVoiceDeafen :exec
+UPDATE voice_states SET deafened = $1 WHERE user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateVoiceSpeaking :exec
+UPDATE voice_states SET speaking = $1 WHERE user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateVoiceCamera :exec
+UPDATE voice_states SET camera = $1 WHERE user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: UpdateVoiceScreenshare :exec
+UPDATE voice_states SET screenshare = $1 WHERE user_id = $2;
+
+-- name: EnableCameraIfUnderLimit :execrows
+UPDATE voice_states SET camera = TRUE
+WHERE voice_states.user_id = $1 AND voice_states.channel_id = $2
+  AND (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM voice_states AS vs2 WHERE vs2.channel_id = $3 AND vs2.camera = TRUE) < $4;
+
+-- name: ClearVoiceState :exec
+DELETE FROM voice_states WHERE user_id = $1;
+
+-- name: ClearAllVoiceStates :exec
+DELETE FROM voice_states;
+
+-- name: CountActiveCameras :one
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM voice_states WHERE channel_id = $1 AND camera = TRUE;
diff --git a/Server/main.go b/Server/main.go
index 9458b728..75da7008 100644
--- a/Server/main.go
+++ b/Server/main.go
@@ -84,6 +84,32 @@ func run(log *slog.Logger, logBuf *admin.RingBuffer) error {
 	printBanner(cfg, version, tlsCfg != nil)
 
 	// ── 4. Open database + run migrations ─────────────────────────────────
+	// The Phase A plan calls for two backends (sqlite, postgres) selected via
+	// config. SQLite is the only backend currently wired through the *db.DB
+	// type. The PostgreSQL scaffolding is in place (schema under
+	// Server/migrations/postgres, sqlc query files under
+	// Server/db/queries/postgres, PostgresStore behind the `postgres` build
+	// tag in Server/store/postgres.go), but PostgresStore's query methods
+	// are still stubs and the handler boundary still passes *db.DB directly
+	// rather than store.Store. Until both of those land, selecting
+	// type: "postgres" refuses to start with a clear pointer at what's left.
+	switch dbType := cfg.Database.Type; dbType {
+	case "", "sqlite":
+		// fall through to the existing SQLite path
+	case "postgres":
+		return fmt.Errorf("database.type=postgres is configured, but the postgres " +
+			"backend is not yet wired into the runtime. PostgresStore exists at " +
+			"Server/store/postgres.go behind the `postgres` build tag, with connection " +
+			"lifecycle fully implemented but query methods stubbed. What's still " +
+			"pending: (1) run `make sqlc-generate` to produce Server/db/pgdbgen/, " +
+			"(2) replace the stub query methods in postgres.go with wrappers around " +
+			"pgdbgen, and (3) refactor api/router.go and this main.go to thread " +
+			"store.Store through the handler boundary instead of *db.DB. Until those " +
+			"land, set database.type to \"sqlite\" or omit it to start the server")
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("database.type=%q is not recognised; expected \"sqlite\" or \"postgres\"", dbType)
+	}
+
 	database, err := db.Open(cfg.Database.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("opening database: %w", err)
diff --git a/Server/migrations/postgres/001_initial_schema.sql b/Server/migrations/postgres/001_initial_schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4ec48bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/migrations/postgres/001_initial_schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+-- Migration 001 (PostgreSQL): Initial schema
+--
+-- This is a consolidated PostgreSQL translation of the SQLite migrations
+-- 001-013 found in Server/migrations/. PostgreSQL is a fresh-start backend,
+-- so we collapse the SQLite migration history into a single canonical schema
+-- file. Future PostgreSQL schema changes should land as 002_*.sql, 003_*.sql,
+-- etc., mirroring the SQLite numbering convention.
+--
+-- DIFFERENCES FROM SQLITE:
+--   - INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT  -> BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY
+--   - TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')) -> TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+--   - INTEGER (used as bool) -> BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+--   - INTEGER permission bitfield -> BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+--   - FTS5 virtual table -> tsvector column on messages + GIN index +
+--     trigger to keep tsvector in sync (see "Full-text search" section).
+--   - SQLite triggers using RAISE(ABORT) -> native CHECK constraints.
+--   - COLLATE NOCASE -> CITEXT extension on the username column.
+--
+-- The store.MessageStore.SearchMessages implementation must dispatch on
+-- backend type because the query syntax differs (MATCH vs @@).
+
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS citext;
+
+-- ── roles ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS roles (
+    id          BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name        TEXT      NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    color       TEXT,
+    permissions BIGINT    NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    position    INTEGER   NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    is_default  BOOLEAN   NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+);
+
+-- Default roles. Permission bitfields match the SQLite seed values.
+-- Member final value (7779) reflects SQLite migrations 005 and 007 combined.
+INSERT INTO roles (id, name, color, permissions, position, is_default) VALUES
+    (1, 'Owner',     '#E74C3C', 2147483647, 100, FALSE),
+    (2, 'Admin',     '#F39C12', 1073741823,  80, FALSE),
+    (3, 'Moderator', '#3498DB',    1048575,  60, FALSE),
+    (4, 'Member',    NULL,            7779,  40, TRUE)
+ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- Reset the sequence past the seeded rows so user-created roles get IDs >= 5.
+SELECT setval('roles_id_seq', GREATEST((SELECT MAX(id) FROM roles), 1));
+
+-- ── users ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
+    id          BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    username    CITEXT      NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    password    TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    avatar      TEXT,
+    role_id     BIGINT      NOT NULL DEFAULT 4 REFERENCES roles(id),
+    totp_secret TEXT,
+    status      TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT 'offline',
+    created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    last_seen   TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    banned      BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    ban_reason  TEXT,
+    ban_expires TIMESTAMPTZ
+);
+
+-- ── sessions ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
+    id         BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    user_id    BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    token      TEXT        NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    device     TEXT,
+    ip_address TEXT,
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    last_used  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    expires_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_token ON sessions(token);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sessions_user  ON sessions(user_id);
+
+-- ── channels ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+-- Includes columns from migrations 001 + 004 (voice columns).
+-- The CHECK constraint replaces SQLite migration 013's trigger.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS channels (
+    id               BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    name             TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    type             TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT 'text'
+        CHECK (type IN ('text', 'voice', 'dm')),
+    category         TEXT,
+    topic            TEXT,
+    position         INTEGER     NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    slow_mode        INTEGER     NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    archived         BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    created_at       TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    voice_max_users  INTEGER     NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    voice_quality    TEXT,
+    mixing_threshold INTEGER,
+    voice_max_video  INTEGER     NOT NULL DEFAULT 25
+);
+
+-- ── channel_overrides ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS channel_overrides (
+    id         BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    channel_id BIGINT    NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    role_id    BIGINT    NOT NULL REFERENCES roles(id)    ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    allow      BIGINT    NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    deny       BIGINT    NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    UNIQUE (channel_id, role_id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_channel_overrides_channel_role
+    ON channel_overrides(channel_id, role_id);
+
+-- ── messages + full-text search ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+-- PostgreSQL uses a tsvector column with a GIN index instead of the SQLite
+-- FTS5 virtual table. The fts column is maintained automatically by a
+-- trigger so application code doesn't need to set it.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
+    id         BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    channel_id BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    user_id    BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
+    content    TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    reply_to   BIGINT      REFERENCES messages(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+    edited_at  TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    deleted    BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    pinned     BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    timestamp  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    fts        tsvector
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_channel ON messages(channel_id, id DESC);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_user    ON messages(user_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_fts     ON messages USING GIN (fts);
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION messages_fts_update() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+    NEW.fts := to_tsvector('simple', COALESCE(NEW.content, ''));
+    RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS trg_messages_fts_update ON messages;
+CREATE TRIGGER trg_messages_fts_update
+    BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OF content ON messages
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    EXECUTE FUNCTION messages_fts_update();
+
+-- ── attachments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+-- Combines migrations 001 + 008 (width, height) + 010 (uploader_id).
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS attachments (
+    id          TEXT        PRIMARY KEY,
+    message_id  BIGINT      REFERENCES messages(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    filename    TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    stored_as   TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    mime_type   TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    size        BIGINT      NOT NULL,
+    uploaded_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    width       INTEGER,
+    height      INTEGER,
+    uploader_id BIGINT      REFERENCES users(id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_attachments_uploader ON attachments(uploader_id);
+
+-- ── reactions ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS reactions (
+    id         BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    message_id BIGINT    NOT NULL REFERENCES messages(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    user_id    BIGINT    NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)    ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    emoji      TEXT      NOT NULL,
+    UNIQUE (message_id, user_id, emoji)
+);
+
+-- ── invites ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS invites (
+    id          BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    code        TEXT        NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    created_by  BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
+    redeemed_by BIGINT      REFERENCES users(id),
+    max_uses    INTEGER,
+    use_count   INTEGER     NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    expires_at  TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    revoked     BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_invites_code ON invites(code);
+
+-- ── read_states ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS read_states (
+    user_id         BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)    ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    channel_id      BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    last_message_id BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    mention_count   INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, channel_id)
+);
+
+-- ── audit_log ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+-- Phase-6 canonical column names (matches SQLite migration 003).
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS audit_log (
+    id          BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    actor_id    BIGINT      NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    action      TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    target_type TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    target_id   BIGINT      NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    detail      TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_audit_timestamp ON audit_log(created_at DESC);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_audit_log_actor ON audit_log(actor_id);
+
+-- ── login_attempts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS login_attempts (
+    id         BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    ip_address TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    username   TEXT,
+    success    BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    timestamp  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_login_ip ON login_attempts(ip_address, timestamp);
+
+-- ── settings ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS settings (
+    key   TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES
+    ('server_name',        'OwnCord Server'),
+    ('server_icon',        ''),
+    ('motd',               'Welcome!'),
+    ('max_upload_bytes',   '26214400'),
+    ('voice_quality',      'high'),
+    ('require_2fa',        '0'),
+    ('registration_open',  '0'),
+    ('backup_schedule',    'daily'),
+    ('backup_retention',   '7'),
+    ('schema_version',     '1')
+ON CONFLICT (key) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- ── emoji ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emoji (
+    id          BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    shortcode   TEXT        NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    filename    TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    uploaded_by BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
+    created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+
+-- ── sounds ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sounds (
+    id          BIGSERIAL   PRIMARY KEY,
+    name        TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    filename    TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    duration_ms INTEGER     NOT NULL,
+    uploaded_by BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
+    created_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+);
+
+-- ── voice_states ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+-- Combines migrations 002 + 004 (camera, screenshare).
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS voice_states (
+    user_id     BIGINT      PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    channel_id  BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    muted       BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    deafened    BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    speaking    BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    joined_at   TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    camera      BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    screenshare BOOLEAN     NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_voice_states_channel ON voice_states(channel_id);
+
+-- ── direct messages ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dm_participants (
+    channel_id BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    user_id    BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)    ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    PRIMARY KEY (channel_id, user_id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_dm_participants_user ON dm_participants(user_id);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dm_open_state (
+    user_id    BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)    ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    channel_id BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES channels(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    opened_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, channel_id)
+);
+
+-- ── rate_lockouts ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS rate_lockouts (
+    key        TEXT        PRIMARY KEY,
+    expires_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL
+);
+
+-- ── user_blocks ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_blocks (
+    blocker_id BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    blocked_id BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    PRIMARY KEY (blocker_id, blocked_id),
+    CHECK (blocker_id <> blocked_id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_user_blocks_blocked ON user_blocks(blocked_id, blocker_id);
diff --git a/Server/migrations/postgres/migrations.go b/Server/migrations/postgres/migrations.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..824b8c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/migrations/postgres/migrations.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Package postgres holds embedded SQL migration files for the PostgreSQL
+// backend of the OwnCord server. PostgreSQL is opt-in via the
+// `database.type = "postgres"` setting in owncord.yaml.
+//
+// PostgreSQL migrations are numbered independently from the SQLite migration
+// set in Server/migrations/. The two are NOT interchangeable: PostgreSQL
+// uses native types (BIGSERIAL, TIMESTAMPTZ, BOOLEAN, tsvector) and a
+// consolidated initial schema rather than the historical SQLite migration
+// chain.
+package postgres
+
+import "embed"
+
+// FS holds all PostgreSQL migration SQL files embedded at compile time.
+//
+//go:embed *.sql
+var FS embed.FS
diff --git a/Server/sqlc.yaml b/Server/sqlc.yaml
index 651bf871..60042c41 100644
--- a/Server/sqlc.yaml
+++ b/Server/sqlc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 version: "2"
 sql:
+  # ── SQLite backend ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   - engine: "sqlite"
     queries: "db/queries/sqlite"
     schema: "migrations"
@@ -15,3 +16,23 @@ sql:
         emit_empty_slices: true
         emit_json_tags: true
         json_tags_case_style: "camel"
+
+  # ── PostgreSQL backend (Phase A Step 3) ───────────────────────────────────
+  # Postgres is opt-in via database.type = "postgres" in owncord.yaml.
+  # The generated querier lives in a separate package (pgdbgen) so sqlite
+  # and postgres code can coexist without import collisions.
+  - engine: "postgresql"
+    queries: "db/queries/postgres"
+    schema: "migrations/postgres"
+    gen:
+      go:
+        package: "pgdbgen"
+        out: "db/pgdbgen"
+        sql_package: "pgx/v5"
+        emit_interface: true
+        emit_pointers_for_null_types: true
+        emit_prepared_queries: false
+        emit_exact_table_names: false
+        emit_empty_slices: true
+        emit_json_tags: true
+        json_tags_case_style: "camel"
diff --git a/Server/store/postgres.go b/Server/store/postgres.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74ff78a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/store/postgres.go
@@ -0,0 +1,579 @@
+//go:build postgres
+
+// Package store — PostgreSQL backend.
+//
+// This file is compiled only when the `postgres` build tag is set. The
+// default `go build ./...` produces a sqlite-only binary with zero postgres
+// dependencies. To enable postgres support:
+//
+//	go get github.com/jackc/pgx/v5
+//	go build -tags postgres ./...
+//
+// The connection lifecycle methods (Open, Close, SQLDb, WithTx) are fully
+// implemented against the pgx stdlib driver. Query methods are stubbed —
+// they satisfy the Store interface so the type-assertion check at the
+// bottom of this file passes, but each returns ErrPostgresNotImplemented at
+// runtime. The stubs will be replaced incrementally as Server/db/pgdbgen/
+// is generated from the query files in Server/db/queries/postgres/ via
+// `make sqlc-generate`, and PostgresStore methods migrate to wrap the
+// generated querier.
+//
+// Until the store-everywhere refactor lands in main.go / router.go, this
+// type is not yet wired into the runtime — see phase-a-foundation.md's
+// "Pending" section. Constructing a PostgresStore in isolation works, but
+// main.go will still refuse to start with type: "postgres" until the
+// boundary refactor lands.
+
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	// pgx's stdlib driver exposes pgx as a database/sql driver, letting
+	// PostgresStore reuse the same *sql.DB patterns as SQLiteStore. Once the
+	// sqlc-generated pgdbgen package is wired in, this import shifts to the
+	// native pgxpool API for zero-overhead query execution.
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
+
+	"github.com/owncord/server/config"
+	"github.com/owncord/server/db"
+)
+
+// ErrPostgresNotImplemented is returned by every query method that is not
+// yet backed by sqlc-generated code. It is a sentinel error so callers and
+// tests can detect "postgres path reached but implementation pending".
+var ErrPostgresNotImplemented = errors.New("postgres backend: query not yet implemented (awaiting sqlc-generated pgdbgen)")
+
+// PostgresStore implements store.Store against a PostgreSQL database.
+// It wraps a *sql.DB opened with pgx's stdlib driver. The query methods are
+// currently stubs; see the package-level comment for the migration path.
+type PostgresStore struct {
+	sqlDB *sql.DB
+}
+
+// NewPostgresStore creates a PostgresStore from an already-open *sql.DB.
+// Callers that want a one-step constructor should use OpenPostgres.
+func NewPostgresStore(sqlDB *sql.DB) *PostgresStore {
+	return &PostgresStore{sqlDB: sqlDB}
+}
+
+// OpenPostgres dials a PostgreSQL server using the connection settings in
+// cfg and returns a ready-to-use PostgresStore. The caller is responsible
+// for calling Close when done. Connection pooling is handled by *sql.DB;
+// cfg.MaxConns > 0 caps the pool at that size, otherwise the database/sql
+// default is used.
+func OpenPostgres(cfg *config.DatabaseConfig) (*PostgresStore, error) {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("OpenPostgres: nil config")
+	}
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s",
+		cfg.Host, cfg.Port, cfg.User, cfg.Password, cfg.Name, cfg.SSLMode,
+	)
+	sqlDB, err := sql.Open("pgx", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenPostgres: open: %w", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.MaxConns > 0 {
+		sqlDB.SetMaxOpenConns(cfg.MaxConns)
+		sqlDB.SetMaxIdleConns(cfg.MaxConns)
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	if err := sqlDB.PingContext(ctx); err != nil {
+		_ = sqlDB.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenPostgres: ping: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &PostgresStore{sqlDB: sqlDB}, nil
+}
+
+// Close releases the underlying database connection pool.
+func (s *PostgresStore) Close() error { return s.sqlDB.Close() }
+
+// SQLDb returns the underlying *sql.DB for callers that need raw access
+// (backup, migration runners, ad-hoc queries).
+func (s *PostgresStore) SQLDb() *sql.DB { return s.sqlDB }
+
+// WithTx runs fn inside a transaction. The transaction is committed if fn
+// returns nil, otherwise rolled back. Postgres supports full transactional
+// semantics (unlike SQLite's single-writer model), so concurrent callers
+// are safe.
+func (s *PostgresStore) WithTx(ctx context.Context, fn func(Store) error) error {
+	tx, err := s.sqlDB.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore.WithTx: begin: %w", err)
+	}
+	if txErr := fn(s); txErr != nil {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+		return txErr
+	}
+	return tx.Commit()
+}
+
+// ── MessageStore (stubs) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateMessage(channelID, userID int64, content string, replyTo *int64) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetMessage(id int64) (*db.Message, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetMessages(channelID, before int64, limit int) ([]db.MessageWithUser, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetMessagesForAPI(channelID, before int64, limit int, requestingUserID int64) ([]db.MessageAPIResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) EditMessage(id, userID int64, content string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteMessage(id, userID int64, isMod bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SearchMessages(query string, channelID *int64, limit int) ([]db.MessageSearchResult, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SearchMessagesInChannels(query string, channelIDs []int64, limit int) ([]db.MessageSearchResult, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetPinnedMessages(channelID int64, requestingUserID int64) ([]db.MessageAPIResponse, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SetMessagePinned(id int64, pinned bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) AddReaction(messageID, userID int64, emoji string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) RemoveReaction(messageID, userID int64, emoji string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetReactions(messageID int64) ([]db.ReactionCount, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateReadState(userID, channelID, lastReadMessageID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetChannelUnreadCounts(userID int64) (map[int64]db.ChannelUnread, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetLatestMessageID(channelID int64) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) LinkAttachmentsToMessage(messageID int64, attachmentIDs []string) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAttachmentsByMessageIDs(msgIDs []int64) (map[int64][]db.AttachmentInfo, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── ChannelStore (stubs) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListChannels() ([]db.Channel, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetChannel(id int64) (*db.Channel, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateChannel(name, chanType, category, topic string, position int) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateChannel(id int64, name, topic string, slowMode int) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteChannel(id int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SetChannelSlowMode(id int64, slowMode int) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SetChannelVoiceMaxUsers(id int64, maxUsers int) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetChannelPermissions(channelID, roleID int64) (int64, int64, error) {
+	return 0, 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAllChannelPermissionsForRole(roleID int64) (map[int64]db.ChannelOverride, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetChannelTypes(ids []int64) (map[int64]string, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── UserStore (stubs) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetUserByID(id int64) (*db.User, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetUserByUsername(username string) (*db.User, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateUser(username, passwordHash string, roleID int) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateOwnerIfEmpty(username, passwordHash string, roleID int) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateUserWithInvite(username, passwordHash string, roleID int, inviteCode string) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateUserProfile(userID int64, username string, avatar *string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateUserPassword(userID int64, newPasswordHash string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateUserStatus(id int64, status string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateUserTOTPSecret(id int64, secret *string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateUserRole(userID, roleID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ResetAllUserStatuses() error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteAccount(ctx context.Context, userID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListMembers() ([]db.MemberSummary, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── SessionStore (stubs) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateSession(userID int64, tokenHash, device, ip string) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetSessionByTokenHash(tokenHash string) (*db.Session, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetSessionWithBanStatus(tokenHash string) (*db.SessionWithBanStatus, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteSession(tokenHash string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteOtherSessions(userID, keepSessionID int64) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteExpiredSessions() error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteSessionByID(sessionID, userID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) TouchSession(tokenHash string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListUserSessions(userID int64) ([]db.Session, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ForceLogoutUser(userID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetUserSessions(userID int64) ([]db.Session, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── RoleStore (stubs) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetRoleByID(id int64) (*db.Role, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetRoleForUser(userID int64) (*db.Role, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetUserWithRole(userID int64) (*db.User, *db.Role, error) {
+	return nil, nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListRoles() ([]*db.Role, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── InviteStore (stubs) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateInvite(createdBy int64, maxUses int, expiresAt *time.Time) (string, error) {
+	return "", ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetInvite(code string) (*db.Invite, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListInvites() ([]*db.Invite, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UseInviteAtomic(code string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) RevokeInvite(code string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── VoiceStore (stubs) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) JoinVoiceChannel(userID, channelID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) JoinVoiceChannelIfCapacity(userID, channelID int64, maxUsers int) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) LeaveVoiceChannel(userID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) LeaveVoiceChannelIfMatch(userID, expectedChannelID int64, expectedJoinedAt string) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetVoiceState(userID int64) (*db.VoiceState, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetChannelVoiceStates(channelID int64) ([]db.VoiceState, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAllVoiceStates() ([]db.VoiceState, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateVoiceMute(userID int64, muted bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateVoiceDeafen(userID int64, deafened bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ClearVoiceState(userID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ClearAllVoiceStates() error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CountActiveCameras(channelID int64) (int, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateVoiceCamera(userID int64, camera bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) EnableCameraIfUnderLimit(userID, channelID int64, maxVideo int) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UpdateVoiceScreenshare(userID int64, screenshare bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CountChannelVoiceUsers(channelID int64) (int, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── DMStore (stubs) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetOrCreateDMChannel(user1ID, user2ID int64) (*db.Channel, bool, error) {
+	return nil, false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetUserDMChannels(userID int64) ([]db.DMChannelInfo, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) OpenDM(userID, channelID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CloseDM(userID, channelID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) IsDMParticipant(userID, channelID int64) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetDMParticipantIDs(channelID int64) ([]int64, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetDMRecipient(channelID, requestingUserID int64) (*db.User, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── BlockStore (stubs) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) BlockUser(blockerID, blockedID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UnblockUser(blockerID, blockedID int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) IsBlocked(blockerID, blockedID int64) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) IsEitherBlocked(userA, userB int64) (bool, error) {
+	return false, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListBlockedUsers(blockerID int64) ([]int64, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── AttachmentStore (stubs) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CreateAttachment(id string, uploaderID int64, filename, storedAs, mimeType string, size int64, width, height *int) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAttachmentByID(id string) (*db.Attachment, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAttachmentWithChannel(id string) (*db.AttachmentAccess, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) DeleteOrphanedAttachments(cutoff string) ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── AdminStore (stubs) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UserCount() (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetServerStats() (*db.ServerStats, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) ListAllUsers(limit, offset int) ([]db.UserWithRole, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) BanUser(id int64, reason string, expires *time.Time) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) UnbanUser(id int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) LogAudit(actorID int64, action, targetType string, targetID int64, detail string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAuditLog(limit, offset int) ([]db.AuditEntry, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) AdminCreateChannel(name, chanType, category, topic string, position int) (int64, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) AdminUpdateChannel(id int64, name, topic string, slowMode, position int, archived bool) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) AdminDeleteChannel(id int64) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) BackupTo(path string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) BackupToSafe(path, safeRoot string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) CountUsersWithoutTOTP() (int, error) {
+	return 0, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ── SettingsStore (stubs) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetSetting(key string) (string, error) {
+	return "", ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) SetSetting(key, value string) error {
+	return ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *PostgresStore) GetAllSettings() (map[string]string, error) {
+	return nil, ErrPostgresNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Compile-time interface check — fails to compile if any Store method is
+// missing a PostgresStore receiver.
+var _ Store = (*PostgresStore)(nil)
diff --git a/phase-a-foundation.md b/phase-a-foundation.md
index 85c17387..17633a7a 100644
--- a/phase-a-foundation.md
+++ b/phase-a-foundation.md
@@ -192,3 +192,112 @@ Refactor to an internal pub/sub model. Each chat channel maps to a topic. Connec
 | Cleanly separates connection management from message routing | Priority queue implementation adds complexity |
 | Enables priority tiers and backpressure handling | Testing pub/sub is more involved than testing a simple loop |
 | Global rate limiting becomes straightforward per-topic | |
+
+---
+
+## Phase A Implementation Status
+
+**Branch:** `claude/phase-a-foundation-plan-eUys1`
+
+This section tracks what shipped on this branch versus what is still pending.
+
+### Done
+
+- **Step 1 — Service layer + permission cache.** `Server/service/` contains 12 service files covering message, channel, permission, moderation, user, dm, block, invite, voice. Services depend on `store.Store`, not `*db.DB`. PermissionService maintains a per-user cache. REST and WS handlers (auth, channel, dm, profile, upload, chat, reaction, presence, voice) are migrated. Service tests live in `service/message_test.go` and `service/permission_test.go`.
+- **Step 2 — sqlc adoption.** `Server/sqlc.yaml` configures both the SQLite engine (queries in `Server/db/queries/sqlite/`, generated output in `Server/db/dbgen/`) and the PostgreSQL engine (queries in `Server/db/queries/postgres/`, output in `Server/db/pgdbgen/`). sqlc v1.30.0 is pinned in `Server/sqlc.version`. `Server/Makefile` exposes `sqlc-install`, `sqlc-generate`, `sqlc-verify` targets covering both engines. 14 SQL query files per engine cover all DB domains; the SQLite `dbgen` package is committed, the PostgreSQL `pgdbgen` package will be generated on the next `make sqlc-generate` run. FTS search queries remain hand-written; transactional multi-step operations are unchanged.
+- **Step 3 (partial) — Store interface + SQLiteStore + MemStore.** `Server/store/store.go` defines the full Store interface (12 sub-interfaces). `Server/store/sqlite.go` wraps `*db.DB`. `Server/store/memstore.go` provides an in-memory implementation used by service tests.
+- **Step 4 — Logging consolidation.** OwnCord code uses `log/slog` exclusively. `go.uber.org/zap` and `rs/zerolog` appear only as transitive dependencies of livekit and are not imported by any OwnCord `.go` file. The plan's "pick one and find-and-replace" item is satisfied.
+- **Step 5 — Pub/sub broadcast model.** `Server/ws/pubsub.go`, `topic_rate_limiter.go`, `ringbuffer.go`, and the three-tier priority queue (commit `7ccc93f`) implement the topic-based broadcast model with global rate limits, backpressure, and priority tiers.
+
+### Pending
+
+- **Step 3 — PostgreSQL backend (final wiring).** Scaffolding has landed on this branch:
+  - `Server/migrations/postgres/001_initial_schema.sql` — consolidated postgres schema with `tsvector` + GIN full-text search, `CITEXT` usernames, native CHECK constraints replacing SQLite triggers, and seeded role/setting rows.
+  - `Server/migrations/postgres/migrations.go` — embed FS for the postgres migration set.
+  - `Server/db/queries/postgres/*.sql` — 14 query files (users, sessions, roles, invites, channels, messages, reactions, voice, attachments, admin, dm, blocks, lockouts, profile) translated to postgres dialect: `$N` placeholders, `NOW()`/native `TIMESTAMPTZ`, `TRUE`/`FALSE` for BOOLEAN columns, `ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE` for upserts, `RETURNING id` for creates (postgres has no `LastInsertId`), `:execrows` for mutations that need rows-affected.
+  - `Server/sqlc.yaml` — second engine entry (`engine: "postgresql"`, `sql_package: "pgx/v5"`) generating into the `pgdbgen` package under `Server/db/pgdbgen/`.
+  - `Server/Makefile` — `sqlc-generate` and `sqlc-verify` cover both engines.
+  - `Server/store/postgres.go` — `PostgresStore` type behind the `//go:build postgres` tag, implementing the full `store.Store` interface. Connection lifecycle (`OpenPostgres`, `Close`, `SQLDb`, `WithTx`) is fully implemented using `database/sql` + the pgx stdlib driver. Query methods are stubs that return `ErrPostgresNotImplemented`, waiting for the `pgdbgen` querier to land so they can be replaced with wrappers around generated code. The build tag keeps pgx out of the default build; operators who want to enable postgres run `go get github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 && go build -tags postgres ./...`.
+  - `Server/config/config.go` — `DatabaseConfig` extended with `Type`, `Host`, `Port`, `User`, `Password`, `Name`, `SSLMode`, `MaxConns`. Defaults set to `type: "sqlite"` so existing operators are unaffected.
+  - `Server/main.go` — explicit dispatch on `database.type`. Selecting `postgres` produces a clear startup error pointing at the remaining work, instead of silently falling through to sqlite.
+
+  What still needs to land for postgres to be runnable:
+  1. Add `github.com/jackc/pgx/v5` to `go.mod` and run `go mod tidy`. This happens naturally the first time an operator runs `go get github.com/jackc/pgx/v5` — the package only needs to be in the module graph when building with `-tags postgres`.
+  2. Run `make sqlc-generate` to produce `Server/db/pgdbgen/` from the committed query files. This requires either network access to download sqlc or a pre-installed `sqlc` binary at v1.30.0.
+  3. Replace the stub query methods in `Server/store/postgres.go` with real implementations that wrap the generated `pgdbgen` querier. The connection lifecycle and interface assertion are already in place; each stub carries the same method signature as the sqlite version, so the migration is mechanical. Where the schema produces different Go types than sqlite (e.g. `bool` vs `int64` for boolean columns, `time.Time` vs `string` for timestamps), the store wrapper performs the conversion so services see a uniform API.
+  4. Refactor `main.go` and `Server/api/router.go` to thread `store.Store` through the boundary instead of `*db.DB`. Today the router constructs `dbstore.NewSQLiteStore(database)` inline, so services are store-aware but everything else still consumes `*db.DB` directly. The store-everywhere migration is the gating step before either backend can be swapped at runtime.
+  5. FTS dispatch in `MessageStore.SearchMessages` / `SearchMessagesInChannels` — sqlite uses `MATCH` against the FTS5 virtual table, postgres uses `@@ to_tsquery(...)` against the `messages.fts` tsvector column. Both remain hand-written (outside the sqlc-generated set) for their respective backends.
+  6. CI matrix to run the test suite against both backends.
+  7. **One-way sqlite → postgres data migration.** Operators who start a community on the default sqlite backend and later outgrow it must be able to carry their history over. The migration must be forward-only (once postgres is selected, the server stays on postgres unless the operator deliberately wipes the postgres database and re-initialises), both to keep the contract simple and to avoid the support burden of "I reverted to sqlite yesterday and now my data is gone".
+
+      Proposed design:
+      - A one-shot CLI flag, e.g. `chatserver --migrate-to-postgres`, that exits after completion. No continuous sync.
+      - Pre-flight checks: `database.type` in config is already `postgres`; postgres connection succeeds; the target postgres database contains no rows in `users` (or equivalent sentinel) — if it does, refuse to run, printing the exact row count so the operator can confirm they meant to target this database.
+      - Open sqlite read-only alongside postgres. Begin one postgres transaction for the entire migration so partial failures roll back cleanly.
+      - Copy rows in foreign-key order (`roles` → `users` → `channels` → `channel_overrides` → `messages` → `reactions` → `attachments` → `invites` → `sessions` → `voice_states` → `dm_participants` → `dm_open_state` → `read_states` → `audit_log` → `user_blocks` → `rate_lockouts` → `settings` → `emoji` → `sounds`). Disable the `trg_messages_fts_update` trigger for the bulk copy and re-populate `messages.fts` in a single `UPDATE messages SET fts = to_tsvector('simple', content)` at the end, so FTS doesn't fire per row.
+      - Convert types at the boundary: sqlite RFC3339 strings → postgres `TIMESTAMPTZ` via `time.Parse`, sqlite `INTEGER` boolean (0/1) → postgres `BOOLEAN`. Drop the preserved `id` values straight through since both schemas are `BIGINT`-compatible.
+      - After copying, reset every postgres sequence with `SELECT setval('<table>_id_seq', COALESCE(MAX(id), 1)) FROM <table>` so subsequent inserts don't collide with migrated IDs.
+      - Write a marker row into `settings`: `migrated_from_sqlite = <RFC3339 timestamp>`. On subsequent startups with `type: postgres`, the marker's presence (or simply the presence of a non-empty `users` table) is the signal that the migration has already run and must not be repeated.
+      - Uploaded files on disk (`data/uploads/`) are not touched — the migration only moves database rows. Attachments reference filenames, not blobs, so the filesystem copy is a separate `cp -a data/uploads old-host:/new-path` step the operator does out-of-band.
+      - **No reverse migration.** The code does not include a postgres → sqlite path. If an operator wants to return to sqlite, they stop the server, restore a sqlite backup, edit `config.yaml` back to `type: sqlite`, and start fresh. This is deliberately inconvenient.
+
+      This feature is gated on PostgresStore's query methods being real (pending item 3). The migration implementation itself lives in a new `Server/migrate/sqlite_to_postgres.go` file and is invoked from `main.go` before the normal startup path.
+
+### Verification status
+
+`go build ./...` and `go test ./...` were not run in the session that produced this branch — the development environment lacked network access to fetch the Go 1.25.0 toolchain required by `go.mod`. Manual audit of the touched Go files (the `go-build-check` skill) found no compile errors. The branch should be verified locally by the next operator before merge.
+
+### Actionable TODOs
+
+Scannable checklist extracted from the prose above. Work top-to-bottom; most items unblock the ones below them.
+
+**Verification (do first, cheap)**
+
+- [ ] Run `go build ./...` in `Server/` to confirm the branch compiles
+- [ ] Run `go test ./...` in `Server/` and fix any regressions
+- [ ] Run `go build -tags postgres ./...` after adding pgx (below) to verify `store/postgres.go` compiles under the postgres tag
+
+**Postgres enablement (Step 3 final wiring)**
+
+- [ ] `cd Server && go get github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 && go mod tidy` — add pgx to the module graph
+- [ ] `make sqlc-generate` — produce `Server/db/pgdbgen/` from the committed `db/queries/postgres/*.sql`
+- [ ] Commit the generated `Server/db/pgdbgen/` output
+- [ ] Replace each stub in `Server/store/postgres.go` with a real implementation wrapping `pgdbgen`; keep the `//go:build postgres` tag. Expect per-method type conversion (sqlite `string` timestamps vs postgres `time.Time`, sqlite `int64` bools vs postgres `bool`)
+- [ ] Implement FTS dispatch: `SearchMessages` and `SearchMessagesInChannels` currently use sqlite `MATCH`; add a postgres branch using `@@ to_tsquery(...)` against `messages.fts`
+- [ ] Remove `ErrPostgresNotImplemented` once every method is real
+
+**Store-everywhere boundary refactor (unblocks runtime backend selection)**
+
+- [ ] Audit every `*db.DB` parameter in `Server/api/` and `Server/ws/`; replace with `store.Store` where possible, using `store.Store.SQLDb()` at the leaves that truly need `*sql.DB` (backups, migrations)
+- [ ] Update `Server/api/router.go`'s `NewRouter` signature: take `store.Store` instead of `*db.DB`
+- [ ] Update every `Mount*Routes(r, database, …)` call site to pass the store
+- [ ] Update `ws.NewHub` and `auth.NewPersistentRateLimiter` to accept `store.Store`
+- [ ] Update `Server/admin/handler.go` (`admin.NewHandler`) the same way
+- [ ] Update `Server/main.go` to construct the store via a factory, `store.Open(&cfg.Database)`, that dispatches on `cfg.Database.Type`
+- [ ] Delete the explicit postgres error in `main.go`'s switch — selecting postgres should Just Work once PostgresStore is real
+- [ ] Fix all handler tests that construct handlers from `*db.DB` — they now take `store.Store` (use `store.MemStore` for unit tests)
+
+**Data migration (one-way sqlite → postgres)**
+
+- [ ] Create `Server/migrate/sqlite_to_postgres.go`
+- [ ] Add `--migrate-to-postgres` CLI flag to `main.go`, parsed before normal startup
+- [ ] Pre-flight: verify `database.type == postgres`, verify target postgres `users` table is empty, refuse with exact row count if not
+- [ ] Implement bulk copy in FK order: `roles → users → channels → channel_overrides → messages → reactions → attachments → invites → sessions → voice_states → dm_participants → dm_open_state → read_states → audit_log → user_blocks → rate_lockouts → settings → emoji → sounds`
+- [ ] Disable `trg_messages_fts_update` during bulk message copy; repopulate `messages.fts` in one statement at the end
+- [ ] Convert types at the boundary: `time.Parse(time.RFC3339, …)` for timestamps, `int != 0` for booleans
+- [ ] Reset every `<table>_id_seq` with `SELECT setval(…, COALESCE(MAX(id), 1))` after copy
+- [ ] Write marker row: `INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES ('migrated_from_sqlite', NOW()::text)`
+- [ ] Wrap everything in one postgres transaction so partial failures roll back
+- [ ] **Do NOT implement a reverse migration** — documented as deliberately unavailable
+
+**CI**
+
+- [ ] Add a postgres job to `.github/workflows/*.yml` that spins up a postgres service container and runs `go test -tags postgres ./...`
+- [ ] Keep the existing sqlite job unchanged
+- [ ] Add a `sqlc-verify` job that runs `make sqlc-verify` to catch stale generated code
+
+**Hygiene (optional, do whenever)**
+
+- [ ] Expand `Server/service/*_test.go` coverage — currently only `message_test.go` and `permission_test.go` exist; add channel, dm, voice, invite, moderation tests using `store.MemStore`
+- [ ] Split the postgres migration file if it grows beyond ~300 lines; for now it's consolidated intentionally
+