Re[2]: [PATCH] Add last_executed timestamp to pg_stat_statements
Pavlo Golub <pavlo.golub@cybertec.at>
From: "Pavlo Golub" <pavlo.golub@cybertec.at>
To: "Sami Imseih" <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-12-11T11:31:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi >Hi, > >Thanks for raising this. I did not look at the patch, but I have some high >level comments. > >> I would like to propose adding a last_executed timestamptz column to >> pg_stat_statements. This column records when each tracked statement >> was most recently executed. > >I do think there is value in adding a last_executed timestamp. Thanks for your support! >Can pg_stat_statements.stats_since help here? > >for example "where stats_since > last_poll_timestamp" ? Actually no, monitoring tools fetch snapshots to find the difference between snapshots. Data for every statement is changes after each execution. But stats_since is inserted only once when the new statement execution appears and is never updated during next executions. > > >The client does have to track the last_poll_timestamp in that >case. > >[0] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAA5RZ0s9SDOu+Z6veoJCHWk+kDeTktAtC-KY9fQ9Z6BJdDUirQ@mail.gmail.com >[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/03f82e6f-66a3-4c4d-935c-ea4d93871dc1%40gmail.com > >-- >Sami Imseih >Amazon Web Services (AWS)