Re[4]: [PATCH] Add last_executed timestamp to pg_stat_statements

From: "Pavlo Golub" <pavlo(dot)golub(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: "Sami Imseih" <samimseih(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Bertrand Drouvot" <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Christoph Berg" <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re[4]: [PATCH] Add last_executed timestamp to pg_stat_statements
Date: 2026-02-06 10:44:58
Message-ID: emed32d635-e46b-4f08-9085-3fd822fe5765@cybertec.at
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Hey

>> Thank you to Sami, Christoph, and Bertrand for the thorough review and valuable
>> feedback on v1. I've prepared a v2 patch that addresses all the concerns raised.
>
>Thanks for the patch! I have not looked at v2 in detail yet. Did take
>a quick peek
>at the doc. Some comments:
>
>> I've renamed the column to `stats_last_updated` as Christoph suggested. This
>> matches the existing "stats_since" column for consistency. Following Christoph's
>> suggestion, I've also moved it to the end of the view.
>
>I still wonder if "stats_last_updated" is a good name here. What about
>"last_execution_start", since that is exactly what this timestamp is.

Yeah, sounds better really. Thanks

>
>
>+ <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
>+ <structfield>stats_last_updated</structfield> <type>timestamp with
>time zone</type>
>+ </para>
>+ <para>
>+ Time at which the statement statistics were last updated (specifically,
>+ the time when the statement most recently started execution).
>
>Here I think we can just say:
>
>"The start time of the most recent execution of the statement that completed. "

+1

>
>
>+ This is useful for monitoring tools to identify which statements
>+ have been executed since their last poll.
>
>I am not sure we need this part for the docs. others may disagree.

Agree, too much details.

>
>
>+ For nested statements (when <varname>pg_stat_statements.track</varname>
>+ is set to <literal>all</literal>), this reflects the start time of the
>+ parent top-level statement.
>+ </para></entry>
>
>Maybe this is better as it mentioned "toplevel"
>
>"For nested statements (toplevel = false), this reflects the start time
>of the top-level statement."

I like it. Looks easier to read.

>
>
>what do you think?

Thanks, I'll prepare updated patch
>
>
>--
>Sami Imseih
>Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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