Re: What do null column values for pg_stat_progress_vacuum mean? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mark Haylock
Subject Re: What do null column values for pg_stat_progress_vacuum mean?
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In response to What do null column values for pg_stat_progress_vacuum mean?  (Mark Haylock <mh@trineo.co.nz>)
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Sorry I've failed to mention which postgres version this is with:
PostgreSQL 10.11.

On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 3:39 PM Mark Haylock <mh@trineo.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have an autovacuum process that has been running for almost 27 hours:
>
> SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid = 11731;
> -[ RECORD 1 ]----+---------------------------------------
> datid            | 16385
> datname          | database_name
> pid              | 11731
> usesysid         |
> usename          |
> application_name |
> client_addr      |
> client_hostname  |
> client_port      |
> backend_start    | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.828138+00
> xact_start       | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849367+00
> query_start      | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849367+00
> state_change     | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849368+00
> wait_event_type  |
> wait_event       |
> state            | active
> backend_xid      |
> backend_xmin     | 3801997676
> query            | autovacuum: VACUUM public.responses
> backend_type     | autovacuum worker
>
> A row shows up in pg_stat_progress_vacuum, but it contains null values
> for every column.
>
> SELECT * FROM pg_stat_progress_vacuum WHERE pid = 11731;
> -[ RECORD 1 ]------+---------------
> pid                | 11731
> datid              | 16385
> datname            | d2j496215lfs41
> relid              |
> phase              |
> heap_blks_total    |
> heap_blks_scanned  |
> heap_blks_vacuumed |
> index_vacuum_count |
> max_dead_tuples    |
> num_dead_tuples    |
>
> I see nothing in the documentation to suggest that this is an expected
> state - what does it mean?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.



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