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Add postgresql query progress api #2797

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions src/_posts/databases/postgresql/2000-01-01-monitoring.md
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Viewing running queries is only available from the database dashboard.
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### Using an sql client

Running queries will appear in [pg_stat_activity](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW) view, filtering on `state = 'active'.

You can monitor `CREATE INDEX` and `REBUILD INDEX` progress in [pg_stat_progress_create_index] (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/progress-reporting.html#CREATE-INDEX-PROGRESS-REPORTING).
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If this page include only Scalingo features (not PG ones), I suggest to move this to Troubleshooting
https://doc.scalingo.com/databases/postgresql/troubleshooting



## Exploring Query Statistics

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Consulting query statistics is only available from the database dashboard.
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## Maintenance operations

Scheduled VACUUMs are run automatically and can affect database performance.
While executing, they will appear in [pg_stat_activity](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-ACTIVITY-VIEW) view, not appear in [pg_stat_progress_vacuum](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/progress-reporting.html#VACUUM-PROGRESS-REPORTING) view.
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This was the actual behaviour in 2023, but may have changed since then.


You can log them using [log_autovacuum_min_duration](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-AUTOVACUUM-MIN-DURATION) parameter, and check the last time a table has been VACUUMed in [pg_stat_user_tables.last_autovacuum](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-ALL-TABLES-VIEW) view.
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I don't remember how I changed log_autovacuum_min_duration, maybe I asked the support, as we can't access pgsql.conf file.