Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vgSyU-00DU0e-13 for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:25:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vgSxS-000axa-0A for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:24:38 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vgSxR-000axO-0c for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:24:38 +0000 Received: from fhigh-a2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([103.168.172.153]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vgSxO-000cP6-2L for pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:24:36 +0000 Received: from phl-compute-02.internal (phl-compute-02.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9798214000F5; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:24:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-frontend-04 ([10.202.2.163]) by phl-compute-02.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:24:34 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aklaver.com; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1768505074; x=1768591474; bh=UB5fhGIwvFK3L9zhANBdWnYW9du/15xSMykqJDuJdMU=; b= VrBgop/o4r2C+HYpa/9QEXZfr1oCqLLpZ0yhBidIMjpxvHCcowLxHH/jeivuvVZi qFhvFmzW/aD6cNdK8x12Kskgz/FCjLKB3A8sC3tqPT6aQgdNmxkoV5jNsyw6iVek sNttVRMRfY0ERsspvzzhZ1RNNr+G1BKhjKJhmZYkFTd8N7wVJFNB9Re5sydFjuaS r7zC+q9fvKcVnf1wxFTzfN4svjjllxMZdq6NIHVYaNTICgyBbCV0Mq7naFpOCdjq o2MOTIVzwoYEpUARnu5/xV2BMTCDgrOYAvQCmSb1KFo2MhNPN3Xm66nchCOv5Av3 Kxo52XFdVzVnwR16/f7vrA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1768505074; x= 1768591474; bh=UB5fhGIwvFK3L9zhANBdWnYW9du/15xSMykqJDuJdMU=; b=i BtQ4ou/BmGQZBo4691AxS5ZHpXx6Pz6nWC/ogg0NOYBhCldKWgScn3KTGaWOa3vX vkvbC/3oyQHMt8cyBt48mbcOVnFVnmOgInJXrkjY0KzjqTqpcFH89ZVTV4OkfxuD W3ZAiU6Adrjwni/9NP1puo60CcW/+FiLNZFtt3GKJDhoHMFw+QSdy1/TSInhq2F+ tDoCVM8HRgrYirOqGbt5ccCTq79axeTPKN3Se+n1jzi3NAuiBmPl7u24jMArqG/9 vZDK52PblZ6V8I/YKxOC14qbnx63JBFcEph5+qN6IdPN1UBA40OCQjVJj1yGbZS6 0mkvcR8U5AeGdz8KG4R2A== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefgedrtddtgdduvdeikeekucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujf gurhepkfffgggfuffvvehfhfgjtgfgsehtkeertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpeetughrihgr nhcumfhlrghvvghruceorggurhhirghnrdhklhgrvhgvrhesrghklhgrvhgvrhdrtghomh eqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepfeegfeeiuedtgffgteeggfehkeejheetieeliefgteei keejvdeiveeigfehvedtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrg hilhhfrhhomheprggurhhirghnrdhklhgrvhgvrhesrghklhgrvhgvrhdrtghomhdpnhgs pghrtghpthhtohepfedpmhhouggvpehsmhhtphhouhhtpdhrtghpthhtoheprhhosghjsh grrhhgvghnthesghhmrghilhdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehmrghilhdvshhonhihvddt uddtsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepphhgshhqlhdqghgvnhgvrhgrlhesph hoshhtghhrvghsqhhlrdhorhhg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i76984098:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:24:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <64ad4f15-20cd-4370-ba18-92399bbc5271@aklaver.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:24:33 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: How did VACUUM ANALYZE reclaim large TOAST bloat at disk level in PostgreSQL 16? To: Rob Sargent Cc: pramod gupta , pgsql-general References: Content-Language: en-US From: Adrian Klaver In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 1/15/26 10:55, Rob Sargent wrote: > > >> On Jan 15, 2026, at 11:52 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> >> On 1/15/26 10:22, pramod gupta wrote: >>> postgres@ANRPGTEST01:~$ echo $HOME >>> /var/lib/postgresql >>> postgres@ANRPGTEST01:~$ >> >> Should have added to previous post: >> >> Another thing to try is copy/move .pg_ai.config to your home directory and run psql from there. >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com >> > Is this a hijacked thread? Same author. I am not sure if what they are attempting with pg_ai_query is related to the original post or not. -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com