"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> And you should also be prepared for the possibility that 9.6 is
> discontinued before there is a fix in which case you’d have to upgrade to
> v10 (at least) to get said fix.
If the fix is as complex as what's being discussed over at [1], there
is zero chance that it'd be back-patched at all.
Nonetheless, still being on 9.6.1 at this late date is next door to
software malpractice. There are a *lot* of known bugs in that version
that have been fixed, including performance issues [2].
regards, tom lane
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/2BEC2B3F-9B61-4C1D-9FB5-5FAB0F05EF86%40yandex-team.ru
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/