diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index 594956c0f62..9e56f3d2c71 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -1,126 +1,9 @@
-
-logs
-.DS_Store
-node_modules
-/data
-/dist
-/webapp/dist
-jobserver
-npm-debug.log
-webapp/yarn-error.log
-mattermost.mattermost-license
-config/mattermost.mattermost-license
-config/config*.json
-config/*.crt
-config/*.key
-
-web/static/js/bundle*.js
-web/static/js/bundle*.js.map
-web/static/js/libs*.js
-
-config/active.dat
-config/logging.json
-/plugins
-
-# go.work file
-go.work
-go.work.sum
-
-#license files
-*.license
-*.mattermost-license
-
-# Build Targets
-.prebuild
-.npminstall
-.yarninstall
-/prepackaged_plugins
-
-# Compiled Object files, Static and Dynamic libs (Shared Objects)
-*.o
-*.a
-*.so
-
-# Folders
-_obj
-_test
-testfiles
-
-# Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
-[568vq].out
-
-*.cgo1.go
-*.cgo2.c
-_cgo_defun.c
-_cgo_gotypes.go
-_cgo_export.*
-
-_testmain.go
-
+# PoC artifact test - safe modification
 *.exe
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
 *.test
-*.prof
-
-# Log files
-*.log
-*.log.jsonl
-*.log.gz
-
-# Fuzz binaries and working dir
-*fuzz.zip
-app/workdir
-
-.tmp
-
-# Vim temporary files
-[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
-[._]s[a-w][a-z]
-*.un~
-Session.vim
-.netrwhist
-*~
-
-# VSCode project files
-.vscode
-*.code-workspace
-
-# Gogland project files
-mattermost-server.iml
-
-# Build files
-*bundle.js
-
-web/sass-files/sass/.sass-cache/
-*config.codekit
-*.sass-cache
-*styles.css
-
-# Default local file storage
-data/*
-webapp/data/*
-api/data/*
-api4/data/*
-app/data/*
-
-cover.out
-ecover.out
-mmctlcover.out
-cprofile.out
-*.test
-webapp/coverage
-/report.xml
-/gotestsum.json
-
-.agignore
-.ctags
-/tags
-.idea
-
-/debug
-/client
-__debug_bin
-report.xml
-*coverage.txt
-go.*.orig
-config.override.mk
-docker-compose.override.yaml
+*.out
+vendor/
+build/