IP address of the client connected to this WAL sender. In rows about other sessions, many columns will be null. The pg_stat_activity view will have one row per server process, showing information related to the current activity of that process. TCP port number that the client is using for communication with this WAL sender, or, Time when this process was started, i.e., when the client connected to this WAL sender. So the displayed information lags behind actual activity. finish their input/output (I/O) operations when concurrently trying to access a page. Waiting for I/O on a clog (transaction status) buffer. Synchronous state of this standby server. Since collection of statistics adds some overhead to query execution, the system can be configured to collect or not collect information. Waiting for I/O on a multixact offset SLRU buffer. But access to that shared memory requires the protection of light-weight locks, which should last for only nanoseconds or microseconds while the memory access is actually occuring. potential: This standby server is now asynchronous, but can potentially become synchronous if one of current synchronous ones fails. Waiting for the group leader to update transaction status at end of a parallel operation. So the statistics will show static information as long as you continue the current transaction. Number of disk blocks read from this index. Waiting for a write of a two phase state file. The pg_statio_all_indexes view will contain one row for each index in the current database, showing statistics about I/O on that specific index. Waiting for the page number needed to continue a parallel B-tree scan to become available. All temporary files are counted, regardless of why the temporary file was created (e.g., sorting or hashing), and regardless of the log_temp_files setting. If this field is null, it indicates that this is an internal server process. If the argument is NULL, reset statistics for all subscriptions. The parameter track_functions enables tracking of usage of user-defined functions. Waiting for logical rewrite mappings to reach durable storage. Waiting to access the multixact member SLRU cache. Note that only tables, indexes, and functions in the current database can be seen with these functions. (The path case can be distinguished because it will always be an absolute path, beginning with /.). The next use of statistical information will (when in snapshot mode) cause a new snapshot to be built or (when in cache mode) accessed statistics to be cached. For example, to show the PIDs and current queries of all backends: Table28.35. Table28.17.pg_stat_recovery_prefetch View, Number of blocks prefetched because they were not in the buffer pool, Number of blocks not prefetched because they were already in the buffer pool, Number of blocks not prefetched because they would be zero-initialized, Number of blocks not prefetched because they didn't exist yet, Number of blocks not prefetched because a full page image was included in the WAL, Number of blocks not prefetched because they were already recently prefetched, How many bytes ahead the prefetcher is looking, How many blocks ahead the prefetcher is looking, How many prefetches have been initiated but are not yet known to have completed, Process ID of the subscription worker process, OID of the relation that the worker is synchronizing; null for the main apply worker, Last write-ahead log location received, the initial value of this field being 0. Waiting for a replication slot to become inactive to be dropped. There are also several other views, listed in Table28.2, available to show the results of statistics collection. Possible values are: active: The backend is executing a query. To reduce confusion for users expecting a different model of lag, the lag columns revert to NULL after a short time on a fully replayed idle system. For client backends, this is the time the client connected to the server. Waiting for a write while adding a line to the data directory lock file. Java,java,file,io,buffer,Java,File,Io,Buffer,Java10242^n Waiting to allocate a new transaction ID. Waiting to read or update old snapshot control information. Table28.19. This view will only contain information on standby servers, since conflicts do not occur on master servers. Waiting to add a message in shared invalidation queue. Waiting for a read of a two phase state file. IPC: The server process is waiting for some activity from another process in the server. When using the statistics to monitor collected data, it is important to realize that the information does not update instantaneously. In particular, when the standby has caught up completely, pg_stat_replication shows the time taken to write, flush and replay the most recent reported WAL location rather than zero as some users might expect. pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters ( oid ) void. The LWLock:BufferIO event occurs when RDS for PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL is waiting for other processes to finish their I/O operations. Another important point is that when a server process is asked to display any of the accumulated statistics, accessed values are cached until the end of its current transaction in the default configuration. pg_stat_get_backend_client_port ( integer ) integer. This can be used to gauge the delay that, Time elapsed between flushing recent WAL locally and receiving notification that this standby server has written and flushed it (but not yet applied it). But if you want to see new results with each query, be sure to do the queries outside any transaction block. Waiting for background worker to start up. Amount of transaction data decoded for sending transactions to the decoding output plugin while decoding changes from WAL for this slot. The easiest way to create a cross-Region replica for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL is by completing the following steps: On the Amazon RDS console, choose your Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL source instance. Waiting for a write of a timeline history file received via streaming replication. Monitoring systems should choose whether to represent this as missing data, zero or continue to display the last known value. Number of times WAL files were synced to disk via issue_xlog_fsync request (if fsync is on and wal_sync_method is either fdatasync, fsync or fsync_writethrough, otherwise zero). Returns the TCP port number that the client is using for communication. The pg_stat_user_functions view will contain one row for each tracked function, showing statistics about executions of that function. Waiting for logical rewrite mappings to reach durable storage during a checkpoint. Statistics Functions. The LWLock:BufferIO wait event precedes the IO:DataFileRead wait event. Waiting for a read of a two phase state file. Waiting for logical replication remote server to change state. Waiting for a read of a serialized historical catalog snapshot. Waiting for SLRU data to reach durable storage during a checkpoint or database shutdown. Waiting to send bytes to a shared message queue. In contrast, when starting from an unclean shutdown (e.g., after an immediate shutdown, a server crash, starting from a base backup, and point-in-time recovery), all statistics counters are reset. Waiting to read or update the last value set for the transaction timestamp. Waiting for a replication slot control file to reach durable storage while restoring it to memory. Waiting to insert WAL into a memory buffer. It can be joined to pg_stat_activity or pg_stat_replication on the pid column to get more details about the connection. LWLock- buffer_mapping : r/PostgreSQL - reddit.com Waiting to access the list of predicate locks held by the current serializable transaction during a parallel query. Heavyweight locks, also known as lock manager locks or simply locks, primarily protect SQL-visible objects such as tables. Waiting to access predicate lock information used by serializable transactions. Total amount of time spent writing WAL buffers to disk via XLogWrite request, in milliseconds (if track_wal_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero). These access functions use a backend ID number, which ranges from one to the number of currently active backends. See, One row for each index in the current database, showing statistics about I/O on that specific index. Restrict the maximum number of connections to the database as a best practice. quorum: This standby server is considered as a candidate for quorum standbys. As soon as the page is read inside the shared buffer pool, the LWLock:BufferIO lock is released. events. buffer_mapping | DBmarlin Docs and Knowledge Base idle: The backend is waiting for a new client command. Waiting to read or update information about serializable transactions. Waiting to read or update shared multixact state. Table28.6. Waiting for parallel bitmap scan to become initialized. Waiting for a write during a file copy operation. Waiting in main loop of archiver process. Waiting for a write while creating the data directory lock file. Streaming only works with top-level transactions (subtransactions can't be streamed independently), so the counter is not incremented for subtransactions. Amount of decoded transaction data spilled to disk while performing decoding of changes from WAL for this slot. Waiting to retrieve messages from the shared catalog invalidation queue. Process ID of the subscription worker process, OID of the relation that the worker is synchronizing; null for the main apply worker, Last write-ahead log location received, the initial value of this field being 0, Process ID of a backend or WAL sender process, Version of SSL in use, or NULL if SSL is not in use on this connection, Name of SSL cipher in use, or NULL if SSL is not in use on this connection, Number of bits in the encryption algorithm used, or NULL if SSL is not used on this connection, True if SSL compression is in use, false if not, or NULL if SSL is not in use on this connection, Distinguished Name (DN) field from the client certificate used, or NULL if no client certificate was supplied or if SSL is not in use on this connection. Waiting to access the sub-transaction SLRU cache. workload into more reader nodes. You can invoke pg_stat_clear_snapshot() to discard the current transaction's statistics snapshot or cached values (if any). The per-table and per-index functions take a table or index OID. Waiting to read or write relation cache initialization file. Presently, the collector can count accesses to tables and indexes in both disk-block and individual-row terms. Serial number of the client certificate, or NULL if no client certificate was supplied or if SSL is not in use on this connection. Time spent reading data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds (if track_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero), Time spent writing data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds (if track_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero), Time spent by database sessions in this database, in milliseconds (note that statistics are only updated when the state of a session changes, so if sessions have been idle for a long time, this idle time won't be included), Time spent executing SQL statements in this database, in milliseconds (this corresponds to the states active and fastpath function call in pg_stat_activity), idle_in_transaction_time double precision, Time spent idling while in a transaction in this database, in milliseconds (this corresponds to the states idle in transaction and idle in transaction (aborted) in pg_stat_activity), Total number of sessions established to this database, Number of database sessions to this database that were terminated because connection to the client was lost, Number of database sessions to this database that were terminated by fatal errors, Number of database sessions to this database that were terminated by operator intervention. Waiting for startup process to send initial data for streaming replication. Waiting to read or update replication slot state. (For example, in psql you could issue \d+ pg_stat_activity.) OID of this database, or 0 for objects belonging to a shared relation. When a server, including a physical replica, shuts down cleanly, a permanent copy of the statistics data is stored in the pg_stat subdirectory, so that statistics can be retained across server restarts. Waiting to acquire a lock on a non-relation database object. Waiting for parallel bitmap scan to become initialized. please use Normally, WAL files are archived in order, oldest to newest, but that is not guaranteed, and does not hold under special circumstances like when promoting a standby or after crash recovery. 'Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Refactoring of LWLock tranches' - MARC Similarly, information about the current queries of all sessions is collected when any such information is first requested within a transaction, and the same information will be displayed throughout the transaction. 5mins of Postgres E25: Postgres lock monitoring, LWLocks and the log might need to increase it or scale up your DB instance class. Number of data page checksum failures detected in this database (or on a shared object), or NULL if data checksums are not enabled. LWLock:buffer_mapping. See, Only one row, showing statistics about the WAL receiver from that receiver's connected server. A snapshot is taken the first time cumulative statistics are accessed in a transaction if stats_fetch_consistency is set to snapshot. Cumulative statistics are collected in shared memory. Waiting to access the list of finished serializable transactions. Waiting for a write of a WAL page during bootstrapping. Waiting to access the shared per-process data structures (typically, to get a snapshot or report a session's transaction ID). Waiting in main loop of WAL receiver process. Process ID of a backend or WAL sender process, Version of SSL in use, or NULL if SSL is not in use on this connection, Name of SSL cipher in use, or NULL if SSL is not in use on this connection, Number of bits in the encryption algorithm used, or NULL if SSL is not used on this connection. See, One row for each tracked function, showing statistics about executions of that function. This has no effect in a quorum-based synchronous replication. PostgreSQL Source Code: src/include/storage/lwlock.h Source File Connection string used by this WAL receiver, with security-sensitive fields obfuscated. The pg_stat_database_conflicts view will contain one row per database, showing database-wide statistics about query cancels occurring due to conflicts with recovery on standby servers. The optimizer also accesses indexes to check for supplied constants whose values are outside the recorded range of the optimizer statistics because the optimizer statistics might be stale. Waiting for I/O on a multixact member SLRU buffer. See Table28.4. However, these statistics do not give the entire story: due to the way in which PostgreSQL handles disk I/O, data that is not in the PostgreSQL buffer cache might still reside in the kernel's I/O cache, and might therefore still be fetched without requiring a physical read. The pg_stat_bgwriter view will always have a single row, containing global data for the cluster. In a bitmap scan the output of several indexes can be combined via AND or OR rules, so it is difficult to associate individual heap row fetches with specific indexes when a bitmap scan is used. The pg_stat_user_indexes and pg_stat_sys_indexes views contain the same information, but filtered to only show user and system indexes respectively. Waiting to add or examine predicate lock information. Some of the information in the dynamic statistics views shown in Table28.1 is security restricted. See, One row per database, showing database-wide statistics about query cancels due to conflict with recovery on standby servers. See, One row for each backend (including autovacuum worker processes) running, One row for each WAL sender process streaming a base backup, showing current progress. For more information on lightweight locks, see Locking Overview. Name of the user logged into this backend, Name of the application that is connected to this backend. replication_origin: Waiting to read or update the replication progress. Waiting in main loop of WAL writer process. This and other streaming counters for this slot can be used to tune logical_decoding_work_mem. The parameter track_wal_io_timing enables monitoring of WAL write times. This is controlled by configuration parameters that are normally set in postgresql.conf. Extensions can add LWLock types to the list shown in Table28.12. When the number of actual disk reads is much smaller than the number of buffer hits, then the cache is satisfying most read requests without invoking a kernel call. The total number of rows in each table, and information about vacuum and analyze actions for each table are also counted. This field is truncated if the DN field is longer than NAMEDATALEN (64 characters in a standard build). Waiting for I/O on a sub-transaction SLRU buffer. Waiting for a read from a replication slot control file. It is quite possible that user has registered the tranche in one of the backends (by having allocation in dynamic shared memory) in which case other backends won't have that information, so we display extension for such cases. Waiting to elect a Parallel Hash participant to allocate a hash table. Waiting for SSL while attempting connection. The full object locks which last (usually) for the duration of a transaction and which you can see in pg_locks have info about them stored in shared memory. Several predefined views, listed in Table28.1, are available to show the current state of the system. Waiting for background worker to shut down. IP address of the client connected to this backend. Waiting for a write during reorder buffer management. A transaction can also see its own statistics (not yet flushed out to the shared memory statistics) in the views pg_stat_xact_all_tables, pg_stat_xact_sys_tables, pg_stat_xact_user_tables, and pg_stat_xact_user_functions. This field is truncated if the principal is longer than NAMEDATALEN (64 characters in a standard build). Choose the appropriate target Region. See, One row for each index in the current database, showing statistics about accesses to that specific index. [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] List: postgresql-general Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Refactoring of LWLock tranches From: Ildus Kurbangaliev <i.kurbangaliev postgrespro ! The IO:DataFileRead wait event occurs while data is Waiting for I/O on a serializable transaction conflict SLRU buffer. pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp () timestamp with time zone, Returns the timestamp of the current statistics snapshot, or NULL if no statistics snapshot has been taken. The pg_stat_database view will contain one row for each database in the cluster, plus one for shared objects, showing database-wide statistics. Waiting for a relation data file to be truncated. Waiting for a replication slot control file to reach durable storage. Waiting for an elected Parallel Hash participant to allocate the initial hash table. These access functions use a backend ID number, which ranges from one to the number of currently active backends. The pg_stat_database view will contain one row for each database in the cluster, showing database-wide statistics. Monitoring systems should choose whether to represent this as missing data, zero or continue to display the last known value. Waiting for a write to the relation map file. When using the cumulative statistics views and functions to monitor collected data, it is important to realize that the information does not update instantaneously. However, they are also used to ensure mutual exclusion for certain internal operations such as relation extension. Waiting to acquire a speculative insertion lock. Resets all statistics counters for the current database to zero. backup: This WAL sender is sending a backup. If the argument is other (or indeed, any unrecognized name), then the counters for all other SLRU caches, such as extension-defined caches, are reset. The pg_stat_recovery_prefetch view will contain only one row. Waiting for an update to the control file to reach durable storage. Waiting to read or update the current state of autovacuum workers. Waits for lightweight locks ( LWLock ). Waiting to choose the next subplan during Parallel Append plan execution. wait_event will identify the type of lock awaited. When the server shuts down cleanly, a permanent copy of the statistics data is stored in the pg_stat subdirectory, so that statistics can be retained across server restarts. Waiting to add a message to the shared catalog invalidation queue. Topics Relevant engine versions Context Causes Actions Relevant engine versions to keep index reordering low and reduces its impact. Discards the current statistics snapshot or cached information. Waiting to write a protocol message to a shared message queue. The wait_event and state columns are independent. Waiting for an elected Parallel Hash participant to allocate a hash table. IO: The server process is waiting for a IO to complete. Number of scheduled checkpoints that have been performed, Number of requested checkpoints that have been performed, Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are written to disk, in milliseconds, Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are synchronized to disk, in milliseconds, Number of buffers written during checkpoints, Number of buffers written by the background writer, Number of times the background writer stopped a cleaning scan because it had written too many buffers, Number of buffers written directly by a backend, Number of times a backend had to execute its own fsync call (normally the background writer handles those even when the backend does its own write). Waiting to get the start location of a scan on a table for synchronized scans. Waiting to read data from the client while establishing a GSSAPI session. Verify whether you have unused indexes, then remove them. Waiting to read while creating the data directory lock file. Number of disk blocks read from this table, Number of disk blocks read from all indexes on this table, Number of buffer hits in all indexes on this table, Number of disk blocks read from this table's TOAST table (if any), Number of buffer hits in this table's TOAST table (if any), Number of disk blocks read from this table's TOAST table indexes (if any), Number of buffer hits in this table's TOAST table indexes (if any). Waiting for a read of a logical mapping during reorder buffer management. These numbers do not act as stated above; instead they update continuously throughout the transaction. Using pg_stat_reset() also resets counters that autovacuum uses to determine when to trigger a vacuum or an analyze. Additional functions related to the cumulative statistics system are listed in Table28.34. Waiting for an elected Parallel Hash participant to decide on future batch growth. sync: This standby server is synchronous. Connection string used by this WAL receiver, with security-sensitive fields obfuscated. Other ways of looking at the statistics can be set up by writing queries that use the same underlying statistics access functions used by the standard views shown above. Waiting for I/O on an async (notify) buffer. Buffer pin waits can be protracted if another process holds an open cursor which last read data from the buffer in question. Waiting for activity from a child process while executing a. The new locking scheme avoids grabbing system-wide exclusive locks in common code paths. It is used per the rules above. Therefore, a bitmap scan increments the pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_read count(s) for the index(es) it uses, and it increments the pg_stat_all_tables.idx_tup_fetch count for the table, but it does not affect pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_fetch.