Re: get_actual_variable_range vs idx_scan/idx_tup_fetch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> How many other cases do we have where the statistics are getting
> incremented and there is no user visibility into the operation?

* system catalog accesses
* vacuum/analyze/cluster/etc

The fact that system-initiated accesses get counted in the statistics
is a feature, not a bug.
        regards, tom lane