Intentionally corrupting an index in PostgreSQL I need to know if there is any method for intentionally corrupting an index in PostgreSQL.

I have been searching for it for a long time but never seen anyone mentioning such an act.
I think @Craig's comments are more important, addressing the intentions behind your question. In any case, to answer the question asked:

One simple way (among many others) would be to fake an IMMUTABLE function and base an index on it like outlined in this answer from yesterday:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_fake_immutable_ts()
  RETURNS timestamp LANGUAGE sql COST 1 IMMUTABLE AS
$$SELECT timestamp '2015-07-25 01:00'$$;


Create a partial index based on it:

CREATE INDEX tbl_created_at_idx ON tbl (tbl_id)
WHERE  created_at &gt; f_fake_immutable_ts();


The index relies on the function to always return the same output for the same input. Changing the function (to return a different timestamp), renders the index corrupt.

There is no way to identify this index as corrupt except by testing each entry.