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Re: autovacuum is ON in the system but commented out in postgresql.conf

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: "Subramanian,Ramachandran" <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>
Cc: "pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-13T12:30:36Z
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, Subramanian,Ramachandran <
ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de> wrote:
>
> I see the autovacuum is on , but when I look at postgresql.conf all the
> relevant lines are commented out.  How should I understand this ?
>
> Every setting is comment yet every setting must have a value - I’d assume
that means I’m seeing the default setting.  The comments at the top of the
file should confirm this assumption.  As should the documentation.

David J.