Top queries by total time
pg_stat_statements: rank queries by cumulative execution time
SELECT query, calls, total_exec_time, mean_exec_time, rows FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY total_exec_time DESC LIMIT 20;
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EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, VERBOSE) SELECT ... ; -- shared hit/read shows cache vs disk I/ORun query and show real timings plus buffer hits/reads to spot disk I/O
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SELECT pid, pg_blocking_pids(pid) AS blocked_by, wait_event_type, query FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE cardinality(pg_blocking_pids(pid)) > 0;Show backends waiting on locks and which pids block them
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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