Tomas Vondra <tv(at)fuzzy(dot)cz> writes:
> What about the pg_stat_activity - is it safe to access that from auth
> hook or is that just a coincidence that it works (and might stop working
> in the future)?

It doesn't seem like a good thing to rely on.  There's certainly no
testing being done that would cause us to notice if it stopped working
so early in backend startup.

			regards, tom lane

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