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From: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:10:34 -0700
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Subject: Re: pg_stat_statements does not require shared_preload_libraries to
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Hi Juraj,

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:08=E2=80=AFAM PG Doc comments form
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/pgstatstatements.html
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> Hi,
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> This is inaccurate at
> https://www.postgresql.org/account/comments/new/18/pgstatstatements.html/
> the module just needs the contrib package;

Can you clarify why you think that's the case?

pg_stat_statements certainly does need to be included in
shared_preload_libraries, or it will emit an error noting its not
loaded: ERROR: pg_stat_statements must be loaded via
"shared_preload_libraries"

The only exception to that is if you're in an environment where the
provider has already included it in the default configuration, e.g. on
Amazon RDS - but that is not the case with the regular Postgres
packages to my knowledge.

Thanks,
Lukas

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Lukas Fittl