On Tue, 2024-02-20 at 05:46 +0000, Lars Aksel Opsahl wrote: > If this is expected behavior it means that any user on the database that writes > a long running sql that does not even insert any data can kill performance for > any other user in the database. Yes, that is the case. A long running query will hold a snapshot, and no data visible in that snapshot can be deleted. That can cause bloat, which can impact performance. > So applications like QGIS who seems to keep open connections for a while can > then also kill the performance for any other user in the data. No, that is not a problem. Keeping *connections* open is a good thing. It is keeping data modifying transactions, cursors or long-running queries open that constitutes a problem. Yours, Laurenz Albe