diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/0006_replace_base64_with_image_url.sql b/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/0006_replace_base64_with_image_url.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13525df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/0006_replace_base64_with_image_url.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- Replace base64 blob storage with uploaded image URL
+-- Old base64 data is dropped; cache will refill on next occurrence via upload+URL.
+ALTER TABLE "sticker_cache" ADD COLUMN "image_url" text NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
+--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "sticker_cache" DROP COLUMN "base64";
+--> statement-breakpoint
+ALTER TABLE "sticker_cache" DROP COLUMN "size";
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json b/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
index 70a48eb..537747c 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
       "when": 1780657801437,
       "tag": "0005_large_squadron_sinister",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 6,
+      "version": "7",
+      "when": 1780900000000,
+      "tag": "0006_replace_base64_with_image_url",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/database/schema.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/database/schema.ts
index 0c03305..bbbacf0 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/database/schema.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/database/schema.ts
@@ -431,23 +431,23 @@ export const pgTextAnalysisCacheTable = pgTable(
 
 /**
  * Sticker Cache Table (PostgreSQL)
- * Stores base64-encoded sticker images for fast retrieval in media moderation.
- * Replaces the file-based .dat + index.json cache.
+ *
+ * Stores uploaded sticker image URLs instead of raw base64 blobs.
+ * Stickers are uploaded to the external upload service once and the URL is
+ * cached here so subsequent occurrences reuse the same URL for vision analysis.
  *
  * TTL: 7 days (enforced at query time via fetched_at)
- * Eviction: LRU by fetched_at, max 100MB total
+ * Eviction: max 5000 entries (LRU by fetched_at)
  */
 export const pgStickerCacheTable = pgTable(
   "sticker_cache",
   {
     /** Sanitized sticker name (encodeURIComponent + %→_) — primary key. */
     name: pgText("name").primaryKey(),
-    /** Base64-encoded image data. */
-    base64: pgText("base64").notNull(),
+    /** Uploaded image URL (tele/picser). Used directly as image_url in vision API. */
+    imageUrl: pgText("image_url").notNull().default(""),
     /** MIME type of the image (e.g. "image/png", "image/gif"). */
     mime_type: pgText("mime_type").notNull(),
-    /** Byte length of the base64 string (for efficient SUM() eviction queries). */
-    size: pgInteger("size").notNull(),
     /** Epoch millis when this entry was stored. Used for TTL and LRU eviction. */
     fetched_at: pgBigint("fetched_at", { mode: "number" }).notNull(),
   },