Blocking lock tree
Show backends waiting on locks and which pids block them
SELECT pid, pg_blocking_pids(pid) AS blocked_by, wait_event_type, query FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE cardinality(pg_blocking_pids(pid)) > 0;
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More postgres commands
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SELECT client_addr, state, pg_wal_lsn_diff(pg_current_wal_lsn(), replay_lsn) AS replay_lag_bytes, write_lag, flush_lag, replay_lag FROM pg_stat_replication;Measure replica lag in bytes plus write/flush/replay lag intervals
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SELECT datname, pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(datname)) AS size FROM pg_database ORDER BY pg_database_size(datname) DESC;Human-readable size of every database, largest first
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SELECT relname, pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(oid)) AS total, pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(oid)) AS table FROM pg_class WHERE relkind='r' ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(oid) DESC LIMIT 20;Top tables by total size including indexes and TOAST
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SELECT relname, indexrelname, idx_scan, pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(indexrelid)) AS size FROM pg_stat_user_indexes WHERE idx_scan=0 ORDER BY pg_relation_size(indexrelid) DESC;Indexes never scanned (idx_scan=0); candidates to drop and reclaim space
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SELECT relname, n_dead_tup, last_autovacuum, last_autoanalyze FROM pg_stat_user_tables ORDER BY n_dead_tup DESC LIMIT 20;Find tables with dead tuples and stale autovacuum runs