Re: n_ins_since_vacuum stats for aborted transactions

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

From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-04-09T18:49:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com> wrote:

> The purpose of b07642dbcd8d is to trigger autovacuum for append only/mainly
> workloads that don't generate dead tuples.
>
>
Why does counting or not counting the dead tuples matter?  Forget original
purpose, is there presently a bug or not?  Between the two options the one
where we count dead tuples makes more sense on its face.

David J.

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  1. Add code comment explaining ins_since_vacuum and aborted inserts

  2. Trigger autovacuum based on number of INSERTs