From a8223ecae0855607e106bea46758112559ca2ea8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cathal Mullan <contact@cathal.dev>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 20:26:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pgcat: drop

---
 pkgs/by-name/pg/pgcat/package.nix | 42 -------------------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix        |  1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 42 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/by-name/pg/pgcat/package.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgcat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgcat/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b714273c98..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgcat/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  rustPlatform,
-  nix-update-script,
-  testers,
-  pgcat,
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "pgcat";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "postgresml";
-    repo = "pgcat";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DHXUhAAOmPSt4aVp93I1y69of+MEboXJBZH50mzQTm8=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-6x/IPFncfOPxautW7gVUh5LG0hK4h6T4QL7B82Moi6o=";
-
-  checkFlags = [
-    # requires network access
-    "--skip=dns_cache"
-  ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-    tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = pgcat; };
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/postgresml/pgcat";
-    description = "PostgreSQL pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover support";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/postgresml/pgcat/releases";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ cathalmullan ];
-    mainProgram = "pgcat";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index cdab56d218b2..12ac0cb6792f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1777,6 +1777,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pg_similarity = throw "'pg_similarity' has been removed. Use 'postgresqlPackages.pg_similarity' instead."; # Added 2025-07-19
   pg_topn = throw "'pg_topn' has been removed. Use 'postgresqlPackages.pg_topn' instead."; # Added 2025-07-19
   pgadmin = throw "'pgadmin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pgadmin4'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  pgcat = throw "'pgcat' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream. Consider migrating to 'pgdog'."; # Added 2026-07-07
   pgf_graphics = throw "pgf_graphics was removed due to numerous vulnerabilities in freeimage"; # Added 2025-10-23
   pgjwt = throw "'pgjwt' has been removed. Use 'postgresqlPackages.pgjwt' instead."; # Added 2025-07-19
   pgroonga = throw "'pgroonga' has been removed. Use 'postgresqlPackages.pgroonga' instead."; # Added 2025-07-19