Fix --missing-stats-only false positive for partitioned expression indexes

Baji Shaik <baji.pgdev@gmail.com>

From: Baji Shaik <baji.pgdev@gmail.com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: nathandbossart@gmail.com
Date: 2026-06-16T15:25:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Hi,

I tested "vacuumdb --missing-stats-only"  and found that it flags
partitioned
tables that have expression indexes, even after a full ANALYZE.

Steps to reproduce:

  CREATE TABLE parent (a int, b int) PARTITION BY RANGE (a);
  CREATE TABLE child1 PARTITION OF parent FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (100);
  CREATE TABLE child2 PARTITION OF parent FOR VALUES FROM (100) TO (200);
  CREATE INDEX ON parent ((a + b));
  INSERT INTO parent SELECT i, i FROM generate_series(1, 199) i;
  ANALYZE;

  $ vacuumdb --missing-stats-only --analyze-only -v postgres 2>&1 | grep
"public\."
  INFO:  analyzing "public.parent" inheritance tree   -- should not appear
  INFO:  analyzing "public.child1"                    -- should not appear
  INFO:  analyzing "public.child2"                    -- should not appear

Running ANALYZE again doesn't help. The table is always flagged.

This is because expression index stats check looks for stainherit=true rows
on
the partitioned index, but those never exist (only leaf indexes get
stats).  Fix is one line to skip the check when p.inherited is true.

Patch attached.

Thanks,
Baji Shaik.

Commits

  1. vacuumdb: Fix --missing-stats-only for partitioned indexes.