Re: test_autovacuum/001_parallel_autovacuum is broken - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The root cause seems to me that it's not guaranteed that we can see
> > the autovacuum logs after checking the statistics (i.e.,
> > pg_stat_user_tables) as we update the statistics and then write the
> > log.
> >
> > One way to fix the test is to replace log_contains() with
> > wait_for_log(). We can also remove wait_for_autovacuum_complete()
> > logic altogether.
>
> +1. I was going to reply with exactly this. Attached is the fix.

Thank you for the patch! I agree with this approach.

Optionally, we can change the comment above to something like this:
# Wait until the parallel autovacuum on the table completes and reports the
# number of launched workers, which must correspond to the value specified in
# the reloption.

IMHO it better reflects what is going on.

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Best regards,
Daniil Davydov