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Re: remove autoanalyze corner case

Shinya Kato <shinya11.kato@gmail.com>

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From: Shinya Kato <shinya11.kato@gmail.com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Cc: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, satyanarlapuram@gmail.com, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-05T13:46:08Z
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On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, autoanalyze only runs in this case if autovacuum is disabled via the
> table's autovacuum_enabled reloption and _not_ disabled via the autovacuum
> or track_counts GUCs.  I think this is pretty clearly unintentional, as I
> can find no mention in the code, archives, or docs.  And unless I'm missing
> something, it's completely unnecessary.  So IMHO we should just remove it.

+1. I think it might be better to mention this in the documentation to
make the behavior explicit. What do you think about stating that an
anti-wraparound autovacuum does not perform an ANALYZE, like in the
attached patch?



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Best regards,
Shinya Kato
NTT OSS Center

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  1. Remove autoanalyze corner case.