diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/migrations/postgresql/12_create-shards.down.sql b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/migrations/postgresql/12_create-shards.down.sql
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+DROP TABLE shards;
+
+DROP TYPE IF EXISTS SHARD_STATE;
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diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/migrations/postgresql/12_create-shards.up.sql b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/migrations/postgresql/12_create-shards.up.sql
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+CREATE TYPE SHARD_STATE AS ENUM ('unspecified', 'open', 'unavailable', 'closed');
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shards (
+    index_uid VARCHAR(282) NOT NULL,
+    source_id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    shard_id BIGSERIAL,
+    leader_id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    follower_id VARCHAR(255),
+    shard_state SHARD_STATE NOT NULL,
+    publish_position_inclusive bytea NOT NULL,
+    publish_token VARCHAR(255),
+    PRIMARY KEY (index_uid, source_id, shard_id),
+    FOREIGN KEY (index_uid) REFERENCES indexes (index_uid)
+);
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