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Re: pg_plan_advice

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-03-18T22:34:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Well, that's embarrassing: it's a copy-and-paste error. The test
> > prepares and executes pt1, then prepares and executes pt2, then
> > prepares pt3 and executes pt1, then prepares pt4 and execute p2. pt3
> > and pt4 are never used for anything. Also there's a related typo in a
> > comment. See attached.
>
> Ah ... so the observed behavior is because if pt2 does get replanned,
> that happens with a different always_store_advice_details setting
> than it used originally?

Close, but not quite. always_store_advice_details is set for the
even-numbered tests, so it's the same for pt2 and pt4. But
pg_plan_advice.advice is empty for the the first half of the file and
set for the second half of the file, so it's empty when pt2 is
prepared and contains SEQ_SCAN(ptab) when pt4 is prepared. That
accounts for the difference. avocet is actually doing the right thing,
and the rest of the buildfarm is doing the wrong thing for lack of
replanning.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

Commits

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  1. pg_plan_advice: Fix another unique-semijoin bug.

  2. pg_plan_advice: Export feedback-related definitions.

  3. pg_plan_advice: Fix a bug when a subquery is pruned away entirely.

  4. pg_plan_advice: Add alternatives test to Makefile.

  5. pg_plan_advice: Handle non-repeatable TABLESAMPLE scans.

  6. pg_stash_advice: Allow stashed advice to be persisted to disk.

  7. Add pg_stash_advice contrib module.

  8. pg_plan_advice: Avoid assertion failure with partitionwise aggregate.

  9. pg_plan_advice: Invent DO_NOT_SCAN(relation_identifier).

  10. Add an alternative_plan_name field to PlannerInfo.

  11. pg_plan_advice: Refactor to invent pgpa_planner_info

  12. Respect disabled_nodes in fix_alternative_subplan.

  13. get_memoize_path: Don't exit quickly when PGS_NESTLOOP_PLAIN is unset.

  14. test_plan_advice: Set TAP test priority 50 in meson.build.

  15. pg_plan_advice: Avoid a crash under GEQO.

  16. Test pg_plan_advice using a new test_plan_advice module.

  17. pg_plan_advice: Always install pg_plan_advice.h, and in the right place

  18. pg_plan_advice: Fix failures to accept identifier keywords.

  19. Add pg_plan_advice contrib module.

  20. Allow extensions to mark an individual index as disabled.

  21. Replace get_relation_info_hook with build_simple_rel_hook.

  22. Store information about Append node consolidation in the final plan.

  23. Store information about elided nodes in the final plan.

  24. Store information about range-table flattening in the final plan.

  25. Pass cursorOptions to planner_setup_hook.

  26. Fix PGS_CONSIDER_NONPARTIAL interaction with Materialize nodes.

  27. Fix mistakes in commit 4020b370f214315b8c10430301898ac21658143f

  28. Allow for plugin control over path generation strategies.

  29. Update some comments for fasthash

  30. Allow passing a pointer to GetNamedDSMSegment()'s init callback.

  31. Don't reset the pathlist of partitioned joinrels.

  32. Treat number of disabled nodes in a path as a separate cost metric.