Does PostgreSQL ever create indexes on its own?

From: "Doiron, Daniel" <DoironD(at)advisory(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot) List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Does PostgreSQL ever create indexes on its own?
Date: 2015-11-12 22:21:10
Message-ID: D26A7AE8.18F6F%doirond@advisory.com
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I’m troubleshooting a schema and found this:

Indexes:
"pk_patient_diagnoses" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
"index_4341548" UNIQUE, btree (id)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_deleted" btree (deleted)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_diagnosis_type_id" btree (diagnosis_type_id)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_icd10" btree (icd10)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_icd9" btree (diagnosis_code)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_is_unknown" btree (is_unknown)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_modified" btree (modified)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_patient_id" btree (patient_id)
"idx_patient_diagnoses_uuid" btree (uuid)
"index_325532921" btree (modified)
"index_4345603" btree (deleted)
"index_4349516" btree (diagnosis_type_id)
"index_4353417" btree (icd10)
"index_4384754" btree (diagnosis_code)
"index_4418849" btree (is_unknown)
"index_4424101" btree (patient_id)
"index_4428458" btree (uuid)

My questions is whether these “index_*” indexes could have been created by postgresql or whether I have an errant developer using some kinda third-party tool?

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