diff --git a/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index 1940cc8d7ab..11aea7d4dad 100644
--- a/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -39,20 +39,23 @@ describe('utils - inferType', () => {
     expect(inferType([1, 2, 3])).toBe('::numeric[]')
   })
 
-  it('should handle empty arrays', () => {
-    // BUG: Empty arrays are treated as objects and return '::jsonb'
-    // Expected behavior would be to return '' or handle specially
-    expect(inferType([])).toBe('::jsonb')
+  it('should handle empty arrays as text arrays', () => {
+    // Empty arrays fall back to '::text[]' so `= ANY` stays valid on CockroachDB.
+    expect(inferType([])).toBe('::text[]')
   })
 
   it('should handle arrays with null first element', () => {
     expect(inferType([null, 'text'])).toBe('::text[]')
   })
 
-  it('should handle arrays with all null elements', () => {
-    // BUG: Arrays with only null elements return '::jsonb[]'
-    // Expected: Should probably return '' or handle as empty array
-    expect(inferType([null, null])).toBe('::jsonb[]')
+  it('should handle single-null arrays as text arrays', () => {
+    // [null] is what the github integration submits when a workspace has the
+    // App installed but no repositories enabled; must not infer ::jsonb.
+    expect(inferType([null])).toBe('::text[]')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle arrays with all null elements as text arrays', () => {
+    expect(inferType([null, null])).toBe('::text[]')
   })
 
   it('should infer Date type as text', () => {
diff --git a/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/utils.ts b/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/utils.ts
index 469904e3a93..ca8cb497639 100644
--- a/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/utils.ts
+++ b/foundations/server/packages/postgres/src/utils.ts
@@ -255,10 +255,17 @@ export function inferType (val: any): string {
     return '::boolean'
   }
   if (Array.isArray(val)) {
-    const type = inferType(val[0] ?? val[1])
-    if (type !== '') {
-      return type + '[]'
+    const sample = val.find((v) => v !== null && v !== undefined)
+    if (sample !== undefined) {
+      const inner = inferType(sample)
+      if (inner !== '') {
+        return inner + '[]'
+      }
     }
+    // Empty arrays and all-null arrays: caller is almost always running
+    // $in on a Ref/string column. ::jsonb[] would be incompatible with
+    // CockroachDB's `= ANY`, so fall back to a real array type.
+    return '::text[]'
   }
   if (typeof val === 'object') {
     if (val instanceof Date) {