Re: oldest xmin is far in the past :: BUT xmin is not available in system

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: bhargav kamineni <kbn98406(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: oldest xmin is far in the past :: BUT xmin is not available in system
Date: 2022-04-19 15:38:49
Message-ID: 2555588.1650382729@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 4/19/22 00:06, David G. Johnston wrote:
>> On Monday, April 18, 2022, bhargav kamineni <kbn98406(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> It seems vacuum is behaving somewhat weird on postgres database ,
>> observing below HINTS on the vacuum logs
>> WARNING:  oldest xmin is far in the past

> This site has lots of useful queries for this sort of issue:
> https://www.shanelynn.ie/postgresql-find-slow-long-running-and-blocked-queries.
> I think you're looking for a very old transaction that is probably not
> going to finish, must be terminated.

Yeah, that. Manual vacuuming isn't going to help until you get rid
of the old open transaction. Look into pg_prepared_xacts and
pg_stat_activity.

regards, tom lane

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