Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:33:43 -0500
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>,
	Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, satyanarlapuram@gmail.com,
	pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Add pg_stat_autovacuum_priority
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On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 08:25:26AM -0500, Sami Imseih wrote:
> "Scores greater than or equal to <literal>1.0</literal>" in the comments
> of each field are misleading. This conflates scoring with vacuum/analyze
> eligibility and it's possible with a autovacuum_*_weight < 1.0 to trigger an
> autovacuum/analyze.

Ah, that's unfortunate.  I think it'd be good to give folks some idea of
what autovacuum will actually process.  I wonder if we could adjust the
documentation accordingly.

-- 
nathan