Re: Stale entries in pg_stat_activity

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Stale entries in pg_stat_activity
Date: 2004-10-17 04:30:12
Message-ID: 20041017043011.GA82898@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:01:45AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> > pg_stat_activity sometimes shows old connections that have already
> > terminated.
>
> Define "old"? There's a built-in delay of up to half a second (if
> memory serves) in the statistics views.

Fourteen minutes and counting.

I just noticed the problem this evening so I don't know how long
the stale connections remain in the view. During my testing I was
restarting the backend frequently to start each run afresh; I'll
leave the current situation alone for a while and see what happens.

--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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