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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class DeleteOldReminderTopicTimers < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def up
+    # following up from MigrateUserTopicTimersToBookmarkReminders,
+    # these status type 5 topic timers are the reminder type which
+    # have long been migrated to bookmark reminders
+    DB.exec("DELETE FROM topic_timers WHERE status_type = 5")
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end