diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Cluster-directus-postgresql-18-cluster.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Cluster-directus-postgresql-18-cluster.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b7e1db00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Cluster-directus-postgresql-18-cluster.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  instances: 3
+  imageName: "ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18.1-standard-trixie"
+  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  postgresUID: 26
+  postgresGID: 26
+  plugins:
+    - name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+      enabled: true
+      isWALArchiver: false
+      parameters:
+        barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-external-backup"
+        serverName: "directus-postgresql-18-backup-1"
+    - name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+      enabled: true
+      isWALArchiver: true
+      parameters:
+        barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup"
+        serverName: "directus-postgresql-18-backup-1"
+  externalClusters:
+    - name: recovery
+      plugin:
+        name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+        parameters:
+          barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-recovery"
+          serverName: directus-postgresql-18-backup-1
+  storage:
+    size: 10Gi
+    storageClass: local-path
+  walStorage:
+    size: 2Gi
+    storageClass: local-path
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      hugepages-2Mi: 256Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 256Mi
+  affinity:
+    enablePodAntiAffinity: true
+    topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+  primaryUpdateMethod: switchover
+  primaryUpdateStrategy: unsupervised
+  logLevel: info
+  enableSuperuserAccess: false
+  enablePDB: true
+  postgresql:
+    parameters:
+      hot_standby_feedback: "on"
+      max_slot_wal_keep_size: 2000MB
+      shared_buffers: 128MB
+  monitoring:
+    enablePodMonitor: true
+    disableDefaultQueries: false
+  bootstrap:
+    recovery:
+      database: app
+      source: directus-postgresql-18-backup-1
+  externalClusters:
+    - name: directus-postgresql-18-backup-1
+      plugin:
+        name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+        enabled: true
+        isWALArchiver: false
+        parameters:
+          barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-recovery"
+          serverName: directus-postgresql-18-backup-1
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
similarity index 66%
rename from clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml
rename to clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
index bbb937166..255a6c9c1 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
 kind: ExternalSecret
 metadata:
-  name: directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
   namespace: directus
   labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
 spec:
@@ -26,3 +26,10 @@ spec:
         key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_REGION
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_REGION
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da22da6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: access
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: secret
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-external-backup.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-external-backup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2c623aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-external-backup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ObjectStore
+metadata:
+  name: "directus-postgresql-18-external-backup"
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  retentionPolicy: 30d
+  configuration:
+    destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups-ce540ddf106d186bbddca68a/cl01tl/directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+    endpointURL: https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
+    s3Credentials:
+      accessKeyId:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+        key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      secretAccessKey:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+        key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c702e8550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ObjectStore
+metadata:
+  name: "directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup"
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  retentionPolicy: 3d
+  configuration:
+    destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+    endpointURL: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+    s3Credentials:
+      accessKeyId:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+        key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      secretAccessKey:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+        key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      region:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+        key: ACCESS_REGION
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-recovery.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-recovery.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e974f46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ObjectStore-directus-postgresql-18-recovery.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ObjectStore
+metadata:
+  name: "directus-postgresql-18-recovery"
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  configuration:
+    destinationPath:
+    endpointURL: https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
+    wal:
+      compression: snappy
+      maxParallel: 1
+    data:
+      compression: snappy
+      jobs: 1
+    s3Credentials:
+      accessKeyId:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+        key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      secretAccessKey:
+        name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+        key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-postgresql-18-alert-rules.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-postgresql-18-alert-rules.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..018873eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-postgresql-18-alert-rules.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PrometheusRule
+metadata:
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-alert-rules
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  groups:
+    - name: cloudnative-pg/directus-postgresql-18
+      rules:
+        - alert: CNPGClusterBackendsWaitingWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster a backend is waiting for longer than 5 minutes.
+            description: |-
+              Pod {{ $labels.pod }}
+              has been waiting for longer than 5 minutes
+          expr: |
+            cnpg_backends_waiting_total > 300
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterDatabaseDeadlockConflictsWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster has over 10 deadlock conflicts.
+            description: |-
+              There are over 10 deadlock conflicts in
+              {{ $labels.pod }}
+          expr: |
+            cnpg_pg_stat_database_deadlocks > 10
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterHACritical
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster has no standby replicas!
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "{{`{{`}} $labels.job {{`}}`}}" has no ready standby replicas. Your cluster at a severe
+              risk of data loss and downtime if the primary instance fails.
+
+              The primary instance is still online and able to serve queries, although connections to the `-ro` endpoint
+              will fail. The `-r` endpoint os operating at reduced capacity and all traffic is being served by the main.
+
+              This can happen during a normal fail-over or automated minor version upgrades in a cluster with 2 or less
+              instances. The replaced instance may need some time to catch-up with the cluster primary instance.
+
+              This alarm will be always trigger if your cluster is configured to run with only 1 instance. In this
+              case you may want to silence it.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterHACritical.md
+          expr: |
+            max by (job) (cnpg_pg_replication_streaming_replicas{namespace="directus"} - cnpg_pg_replication_is_wal_receiver_up{namespace="directus"}) < 1
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterHAWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster less than 2 standby replicas.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "{{`{{`}} $labels.job {{`}}`}}" has only {{`{{`}} $value {{`}}`}} standby replicas, putting
+              your cluster at risk if another instance fails. The cluster is still able to operate normally, although
+              the `-ro` and `-r` endpoints operate at reduced capacity.
+
+              This can happen during a normal fail-over or automated minor version upgrades. The replaced instance may
+              need some time to catch-up with the cluster primary instance.
+
+              This alarm will be constantly triggered if your cluster is configured to run with less than 3 instances.
+              In this case you may want to silence it.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterHAWarning.md
+          expr: |
+            max by (job) (cnpg_pg_replication_streaming_replicas{namespace="directus"} - cnpg_pg_replication_is_wal_receiver_up{namespace="directus"}) < 2
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterHighConnectionsCritical
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Instance maximum number of connections critical!
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" instance {{`{{`}} $labels.pod {{`}}`}} is using {{`{{`}} $value {{`}}`}}% of
+              the maximum number of connections.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterHighConnectionsCritical.md
+          expr: |
+            sum by (pod) (cnpg_backends_total{namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) / max by (pod) (cnpg_pg_settings_setting{name="max_connections", namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) * 100 > 95
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterHighConnectionsWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Instance is approaching the maximum number of connections.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" instance {{`{{`}} $labels.pod {{`}}`}} is using {{`{{`}} $value {{`}}`}}% of
+              the maximum number of connections.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterHighConnectionsWarning.md
+          expr: |
+            sum by (pod) (cnpg_backends_total{namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) / max by (pod) (cnpg_pg_settings_setting{name="max_connections", namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) * 100 > 80
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterHighReplicationLag
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster high replication lag
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" is experiencing a high replication lag of
+              {{`{{`}} $value {{`}}`}}ms.
+
+              High replication lag indicates network issues, busy instances, slow queries or suboptimal configuration.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterHighReplicationLag.md
+          expr: |
+            max(cnpg_pg_replication_lag{namespace="directus",pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) * 1000 > 1000
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterInstancesOnSameNode
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster instances are located on the same node.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" has {{`{{`}} $value {{`}}`}}
+              instances on the same node {{`{{`}} $labels.node {{`}}`}}.
+
+              A failure or scheduled downtime of a single node will lead to a potential service disruption and/or data loss.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterInstancesOnSameNode.md
+          expr: |
+            count by (node) (kube_pod_info{namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) > 1
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterLongRunningTransactionWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster query is taking longer than 5 minutes.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster Pod {{ $labels.pod }}
+              is taking more than 5 minutes (300 seconds) for a query.
+          expr: |-
+            cnpg_backends_max_tx_duration_seconds > 300
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterLowDiskSpaceCritical
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Instance is running out of disk space!
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" is running extremely low on disk space. Check attached PVCs!
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterLowDiskSpaceCritical.md
+          expr: |
+            max(max by(persistentvolumeclaim) (1 - kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"} / kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"})) > 0.9 OR
+            max(max by(persistentvolumeclaim) (1 - kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-wal"} / kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-wal"})) > 0.9 OR
+            max(sum by (namespace,persistentvolumeclaim) (kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-tbs.*"})
+                /
+                sum by (namespace,persistentvolumeclaim) (kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-tbs.*"})
+                *
+                on(namespace, persistentvolumeclaim) group_left(volume)
+                kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_info{pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}
+            ) > 0.9
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterLowDiskSpaceWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Instance is running out of disk space.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" is running low on disk space. Check attached PVCs.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterLowDiskSpaceWarning.md
+          expr: |
+            max(max by(persistentvolumeclaim) (1 - kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"} / kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"})) > 0.7 OR
+            max(max by(persistentvolumeclaim) (1 - kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-wal"} / kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-wal"})) > 0.7 OR
+            max(sum by (namespace,persistentvolumeclaim) (kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-tbs.*"})
+                /
+                sum by (namespace,persistentvolumeclaim) (kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{namespace="directus", persistentvolumeclaim=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$-tbs.*"})
+                *
+                on(namespace, persistentvolumeclaim) group_left(volume)
+                kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_info{pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}
+            ) > 0.7
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterOffline
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster has no running instances!
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" has no ready instances.
+
+              Having an offline cluster means your applications will not be able to access the database, leading to
+              potential service disruption and/or data loss.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterOffline.md
+          expr: |
+            (count(cnpg_collector_up{namespace="directus",pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"}) OR on() vector(0)) == 0
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterPGDatabaseXidAgeWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster has a number of transactions from the frozen XID to the current one.
+            description: |-
+              Over 300,000,000 transactions from frozen xid
+              on pod {{ $labels.pod }}
+          expr: |
+            cnpg_pg_database_xid_age > 300000000
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterPGReplicationWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster standby is lagging behind the primary.
+            description: |-
+              Standby is lagging behind by over 300 seconds (5 minutes)
+          expr: |
+            cnpg_pg_replication_lag > 300
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterReplicaFailingReplicationWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster has a replica is failing to replicate.
+            description: |-
+              Replica {{ $labels.pod }}
+              is failing to replicate
+          expr: |
+            cnpg_pg_replication_in_recovery > cnpg_pg_replication_is_wal_receiver_up
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+        - alert: CNPGClusterZoneSpreadWarning
+          annotations:
+            summary: CNPG Cluster instances in the same zone.
+            description: |-
+              CloudNativePG Cluster "directus/directus-postgresql-18-cluster" has instances in the same availability zone.
+
+              A disaster in one availability zone will lead to a potential service disruption and/or data loss.
+            runbook_url: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/charts/blob/main/charts/cluster/docs/runbooks/CNPGClusterZoneSpreadWarning.md
+          expr: |
+            3 > count(count by (label_topology_kubernetes_io_zone) (kube_pod_info{namespace="directus", pod=~"directus-postgresql-18-cluster-([1-9][0-9]*)$"} * on(node,instance) group_left(label_topology_kubernetes_io_zone) kube_node_labels)) < 3
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+            namespace: directus
+            cnpg_cluster: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-daily-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-daily-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51da526e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-daily-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ScheduledBackup
+metadata:
+  name: "directus-postgresql-18-daily-backup-scheduled-backup"
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  immediate: true
+  suspend: false
+  schedule: "0 0 0 * * *"
+  backupOwnerReference: self
+  cluster:
+    name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+  method: plugin
+  pluginConfiguration:
+    name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+    parameters:
+      barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-external-backup"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-live-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-live-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06a159456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ScheduledBackup-directus-postgresql-18-live-backup-scheduled-backup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: ScheduledBackup
+metadata:
+  name: "directus-postgresql-18-live-backup-scheduled-backup"
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: postgres-18-cluster-6.16.1
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "6.16.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+spec:
+  immediate: true
+  suspend: false
+  schedule: "0 0 0 * * *"
+  backupOwnerReference: self
+  cluster:
+    name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster
+  method: plugin
+  pluginConfiguration:
+    name: barman-cloud.cloudnative-pg.io
+    parameters:
+      barmanObjectName: "directus-postgresql-18-garage-local-backup"