Sorry I've failed to mention which postgres version this is with: PostgreSQL 10.11. On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 3:39 PM Mark Haylock <mh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > We have an autovacuum process that has been running for almost 27 hours: > > SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid = 11731; > -[ RECORD 1 ]----+--------------------------------------- > datid | 16385 > datname | database_name > pid | 11731 > usesysid | > usename | > application_name | > client_addr | > client_hostname | > client_port | > backend_start | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.828138+00 > xact_start | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849367+00 > query_start | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849367+00 > state_change | 2020-03-04 23:40:14.849368+00 > wait_event_type | > wait_event | > state | active > backend_xid | > backend_xmin | 3801997676 > query | autovacuum: VACUUM public.responses > backend_type | autovacuum worker > > A row shows up in pg_stat_progress_vacuum, but it contains null values > for every column. > > SELECT * FROM pg_stat_progress_vacuum WHERE pid = 11731; > -[ RECORD 1 ]------+--------------- > pid | 11731 > datid | 16385 > datname | d2j496215lfs41 > relid | > phase | > heap_blks_total | > heap_blks_scanned | > heap_blks_vacuumed | > index_vacuum_count | > max_dead_tuples | > num_dead_tuples | > > I see nothing in the documentation to suggest that this is an expected > state - what does it mean? > > Thanks, > Mark. -- Mark Haylock - Developer Sydney | Christchurch | Auckland | Boulder e: mh@xxxxxxxxxx | w: trineo.com | ph: +64 3 377 4001