Re: eliminate xl_heap_visible to reduce WAL (and eventually set VM on-access)

From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, Xuneng Zhou <xunengzhou(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Subject: Re: eliminate xl_heap_visible to reduce WAL (and eventually set VM on-access)
Date: 2026-01-30 21:36:23
Message-ID: CAAKRu_YjFAisjOGtskinH--dBM1STNXTPPe7FwMN7SGCCZKrrw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 4:25 AM Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > create table test_vac_unmodified_heap(a int) with (autovacuum_enabled = false);
>
> Yes I did try this, but it does not help, because autovacuum runs on
> catalog relations, still causing fail.
>
> We cannot disable autovac globally in regression suite, so I propose
> to changes this to TAp test

Andres suggested making the table a temp table. He said other sessions
vacuuming catalog tables shouldn't affect the temp table horizon. If
you try that in your repro does it fix it?

- Melanie

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