explosive WAL growth

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: explosive WAL growth
Date: 2024-02-27 18:09:58
Message-ID: C7733827-4E85-47AF-8D39-349D007E229A@elevated-dev.com
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Something is causing our WAL to grow 160GB/hour *faster* than archiving. (Archiving appears to be working normally.) This started in the past couple of days.

I am having some trouble finding the cause of this. I am looking at pg_stat_statements, # calls, time, shared blocks written. I am also looking at recent client app deployments.

My next step might be to use something like pg_waldump to see what's in this WAL.

Any suggestions?

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Scott Ribe
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/

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