Re: Add "io worker" as backend_type to the pg_stat_activity documentation

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add "io worker" as backend_type to the pg_stat_activity documentation
Date: 2026-07-21 08:02:40
Message-ID: al8noIYGjD_Lyyi8@paquier.xyz
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 09:58:34AM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> I happened to notice that "io worker" was missing in the list of
> backend types in the pg_stat_activity documentation.

Right.

> Here is a patch to fix that.
>
> I wondered vaguely if the list should be sorted alphabetically,
> but didn't do it a) to keep the patch easy to read and
> b) because the list is not long enough for readers to get lost.

And here I just thought while looking at this section of the docs that
the list is super long, and that we could reshape it the same way as
"state" for the possible values, sorting it on the way.
--
Michael

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