Re: remove autoanalyze corner case

From: Shinya Kato <shinya11(dot)kato(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Sami Imseih <samimseih(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net>, satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: remove autoanalyze corner case
Date: 2026-04-05 13:46:08
Message-ID: CAOzEurT6RJdEErH9=8jugMy5UMak1ZPJdY4xQ1pWS4VDwuoraQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Well, autoanalyze only runs in this case if autovacuum is disabled via the
> table's autovacuum_enabled reloption and _not_ disabled via the autovacuum
> or track_counts GUCs. I think this is pretty clearly unintentional, as I
> can find no mention in the code, archives, or docs. And unless I'm missing
> something, it's completely unnecessary. So IMHO we should just remove it.

+1. I think it might be better to mention this in the documentation to
make the behavior explicit. What do you think about stating that an
anti-wraparound autovacuum does not perform an ANALYZE, like in the
attached patch?

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Best regards,
Shinya Kato
NTT OSS Center

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