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* [PATCH v12 2/7] Row pattern recognition patch (parse/analysis).
@ 2023-12-04 11:23  Tatsuo Ishii <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Tatsuo Ishii @ 2023-12-04 11:23 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c    |   7 +
 src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c | 278 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c   |   4 +
 src/backend/parser/parse_func.c   |   3 +
 4 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c
index 9bbad33fbd..28fb5e0d71 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ check_agglevels_and_constraints(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr)
 			errkind = true;
 			break;
 
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
+			errkind = true;
+			break;
+
 			/*
 			 * There is intentionally no default: case here, so that the
 			 * compiler will warn if we add a new ParseExprKind without
@@ -964,6 +968,9 @@ transformWindowFuncCall(ParseState *pstate, WindowFunc *wfunc,
 		case EXPR_KIND_CYCLE_MARK:
 			errkind = true;
 			break;
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
+			errkind = true;
+			break;
 
 			/*
 			 * There is intentionally no default: case here, so that the
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
index 334b9b42bd..c5d3c10683 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ static WindowClause *findWindowClause(List *wclist, const char *name);
 static Node *transformFrameOffset(ParseState *pstate, int frameOptions,
 								  Oid rangeopfamily, Oid rangeopcintype, Oid *inRangeFunc,
 								  Node *clause);
-
+static void transformRPR(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef, List **targetlist);
+static List *transformDefineClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef, List **targetlist);
+static void transformPatternClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef);
+static List *transformMeasureClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef);
 
 /*
  * transformFromClause -
@@ -2950,6 +2953,10 @@ transformWindowDefinitions(ParseState *pstate,
 											 rangeopfamily, rangeopcintype,
 											 &wc->endInRangeFunc,
 											 windef->endOffset);
+
+		/* Process Row Pattern Recognition related clauses */
+		transformRPR(pstate, wc, windef, targetlist);
+
 		wc->runCondition = NIL;
 		wc->winref = winref;
 
@@ -3815,3 +3822,272 @@ transformFrameOffset(ParseState *pstate, int frameOptions,
 
 	return node;
 }
+
+/*
+ * transformRPR
+ *		Process Row Pattern Recognition related clauses
+ */
+static void
+transformRPR(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef, List **targetlist)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Window definition exists?
+	 */
+	if (windef == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Row Pattern Common Syntax clause exists?
+	 */
+	if (windef->rpCommonSyntax == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	/* Check Frame option. Frame must start at current row */
+	if ((wc->frameOptions & FRAMEOPTION_START_CURRENT_ROW) == 0)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("FRAME must start at current row when row patttern recognition is used")));
+
+	/* Transform AFTER MACH SKIP TO clause */
+	wc->rpSkipTo = windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpSkipTo;
+
+	/* Transform SEEK or INITIAL clause */
+	wc->initial = windef->rpCommonSyntax->initial;
+
+	/* Transform DEFINE clause into list of TargetEntry's */
+	wc->defineClause = transformDefineClause(pstate, wc, windef, targetlist);
+
+	/* Check PATTERN clause and copy to patternClause */
+	transformPatternClause(pstate, wc, windef);
+
+	/* Transform MEASURE clause */
+	transformMeasureClause(pstate, wc, windef);
+}
+
+/*
+ * transformDefineClause Process DEFINE clause and transform ResTarget into
+ *		list of TargetEntry.
+ *
+ * XXX we only support column reference in row pattern definition search
+ * condition, e.g. "price". <row pattern definition variable name>.<column
+ * reference> is not supported, e.g. "A.price".
+ */
+static List *
+transformDefineClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef, List **targetlist)
+{
+	/* DEFINE variable name initials */
+	static	char	*defineVariableInitials = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+
+	ListCell		*lc, *l;
+	ResTarget		*restarget, *r;
+	List			*restargets;
+	List			*defineClause;
+	char			*name;
+	int				initialLen;
+	int				i;
+
+	/*
+	 * If Row Definition Common Syntax exists, DEFINE clause must exist.
+	 * (the raw parser should have already checked it.)
+	 */
+	Assert(windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs != NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check and add "A AS A IS TRUE" if pattern variable is missing in DEFINE
+	 * per the SQL standard.
+	 */
+	restargets = NIL;
+	foreach(lc, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpPatterns)
+	{
+		A_Expr	*a;
+		bool	found = false;
+
+		if (!IsA(lfirst(lc), A_Expr))
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					errmsg("node type is not A_Expr"));
+
+		a = (A_Expr *)lfirst(lc);
+		name = strVal(a->lexpr);
+
+		foreach(l, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs)
+		{
+			restarget = (ResTarget *)lfirst(l);
+
+			if (!strcmp(restarget->name, name))
+			{
+				found = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!found)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * "name" is missing. So create "name AS name IS TRUE" ResTarget
+			 * node and add it to the temporary list.
+			 */
+			A_Const	   *n;
+
+			restarget = makeNode(ResTarget);
+			n = makeNode(A_Const);
+			n->val.boolval.type = T_Boolean;
+			n->val.boolval.boolval = true;
+			n->location = -1;
+			restarget->name = pstrdup(name);
+			restarget->indirection = NIL;
+			restarget->val = (Node *)n;
+			restarget->location = -1;
+			restargets = lappend((List *)restargets, restarget);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (list_length(restargets) >= 1)
+	{
+		/* add missing DEFINEs */
+		windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs = list_concat(windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs,
+													 restargets);
+		list_free(restargets);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Check for duplicate row pattern definition variables.  The standard
+	 * requires that no two row pattern definition variable names shall be
+	 * equivalent.
+	 */
+	restargets = NIL;
+	foreach(lc, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs)
+	{
+		restarget = (ResTarget *)lfirst(lc);
+		name = restarget->name;
+
+		/*
+		 * Add DEFINE expression (Restarget->val) to the targetlist as a
+		 * TargetEntry if it does not exist yet. Planner will add the column
+		 * ref var node to the outer plan's target list later on. This makes
+		 * DEFINE expression could access the outer tuple while evaluating
+		 * PATTERN.
+		 *
+		 * XXX: adding whole expressions of DEFINE to the plan.targetlist is
+		 * not so good, because it's not necessary to evalute the expression
+		 * in the target list while running the plan. We should extract the
+		 * var nodes only then add them to the plan.targetlist.
+		 */
+		findTargetlistEntrySQL99(pstate, (Node *)restarget->val, targetlist, EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE);
+
+		/*
+		 * Make sure that the row pattern definition search condition is a
+		 * boolean expression.
+		 */
+		transformWhereClause(pstate, restarget->val,
+							 EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE, "DEFINE");
+
+		foreach(l, restargets)
+		{
+			char		*n;
+
+			r = (ResTarget *) lfirst(l);
+			n = r->name;
+
+			if (!strcmp(n, name))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+						 errmsg("row pattern definition variable name \"%s\" appears more than once in DEFINE clause",
+								name),
+						 parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation((Node *)r))));
+		}
+		restargets = lappend(restargets, restarget);
+	}
+	list_free(restargets);
+
+	/*
+	 * Create list of row pattern DEFINE variable name's initial.
+	 * We assign [a-z] to them (up to 26 variable names are allowed).
+	 */
+	restargets = NIL;
+	i = 0;
+	initialLen = strlen(defineVariableInitials);
+
+	foreach(lc, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs)
+	{
+		char	initial[2];
+
+		restarget = (ResTarget *)lfirst(lc);
+		name = restarget->name;
+
+		if (i >= initialLen)
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+					 errmsg("number of row pattern definition variable names exceeds %d", initialLen),
+					 parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation((Node *)restarget))));
+		}
+		initial[0] = defineVariableInitials[i++];
+		initial[1] = '\0';
+		wc->defineInitial = lappend(wc->defineInitial, makeString(pstrdup(initial)));
+	}
+
+	defineClause = transformTargetList(pstate, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpDefs,
+							   EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE);
+
+	/* mark column origins */
+	markTargetListOrigins(pstate, defineClause);
+
+	/* mark all nodes in the DEFINE clause tree with collation information */
+	assign_expr_collations(pstate, (Node *)defineClause);
+
+	return defineClause;
+}
+
+/*
+ * transformPatternClause
+ *		Process PATTERN clause and return PATTERN clause in the raw parse tree
+ */
+static void
+transformPatternClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef)
+{
+	ListCell	*lc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Row Pattern Common Syntax clause exists?
+	 */
+	if (windef->rpCommonSyntax == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	wc->patternVariable = NIL;
+	wc->patternRegexp = NIL;
+	foreach(lc, windef->rpCommonSyntax->rpPatterns)
+	{
+		A_Expr	*a;
+		char	*name;
+		char	*regexp;
+
+		if (!IsA(lfirst(lc), A_Expr))
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					errmsg("node type is not A_Expr"));
+
+		a = (A_Expr *)lfirst(lc);
+		name = strVal(a->lexpr);
+
+		wc->patternVariable = lappend(wc->patternVariable, makeString(pstrdup(name)));
+		regexp = strVal(lfirst(list_head(a->name)));
+		wc->patternRegexp = lappend(wc->patternRegexp, makeString(pstrdup(regexp)));
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * transformMeasureClause
+ *		Process MEASURE clause
+ *	XXX MEASURE clause is not supported yet
+ */
+static List *
+transformMeasureClause(ParseState *pstate, WindowClause *wc, WindowDef *windef)
+{
+	if (windef->rowPatternMeasures == NIL)
+		return NIL;
+
+	ereport(ERROR,
+			(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+			 errmsg("%s","MEASURE clause is not supported yet"),
+			 parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation((Node *)windef->rowPatternMeasures))));
+	return NIL;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 64c582c344..18b58ac263 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ transformColumnRef(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref)
 		case EXPR_KIND_COPY_WHERE:
 		case EXPR_KIND_GENERATED_COLUMN:
 		case EXPR_KIND_CYCLE_MARK:
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
 			/* okay */
 			break;
 
@@ -1770,6 +1771,7 @@ transformSubLink(ParseState *pstate, SubLink *sublink)
 		case EXPR_KIND_VALUES:
 		case EXPR_KIND_VALUES_SINGLE:
 		case EXPR_KIND_CYCLE_MARK:
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
 			/* okay */
 			break;
 		case EXPR_KIND_CHECK_CONSTRAINT:
@@ -3149,6 +3151,8 @@ ParseExprKindName(ParseExprKind exprKind)
 			return "GENERATED AS";
 		case EXPR_KIND_CYCLE_MARK:
 			return "CYCLE";
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
+			return "DEFINE";
 
 			/*
 			 * There is intentionally no default: case here, so that the
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
index 6c29471bb3..086431f91b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
@@ -2656,6 +2656,9 @@ check_srf_call_placement(ParseState *pstate, Node *last_srf, int location)
 		case EXPR_KIND_CYCLE_MARK:
 			errkind = true;
 			break;
+		case EXPR_KIND_RPR_DEFINE:
+			errkind = true;
+			break;
 
 			/*
 			 * There is intentionally no default: case here, so that the
-- 
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* [PATCH v5 2/4] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c             |  4 +--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 16 +++++++++-
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c   |  4 +--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_io.c        |  2 +-
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_slru.c      |  2 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  1 +
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 10 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
  45.9% doc/src/sgml/
   6.5% src/backend/access/transam/
  31.8% src/backend/utils/activity/
  12.3% src/backend/utils/misc/
   3.2% src/include/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 5560b95ee60..3136816a933 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8834,6 +8834,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which non-transactional statistics are made visible
+        during running transactions. Non-transactional statistics include, for
+        example, WAL activity and I/O operations.
+        They become visible at that interval in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"> <structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>
+        and <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"> <structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        during running transactions.
+        If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is probably
+        about the smallest value you would want in practice for long running
+        transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect transactional statistics such as
+         <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname> columns (like
+         <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>), which are always flushed at transaction
+         boundaries to maintain consistency.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 9503aea5b4d..31523dea923 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ XLogInsertRecord(XLogRecData *rdata,
 
 		/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 		/* Required for the flush of pending stats WAL data */
 		pgstat_report_fixed = true;
@@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@ AdvanceXLInsertBuffer(XLogRecPtr upto, TimeLineID tli, bool opportunistic)
 					/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 					if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
 						enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT,
-											 PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+											 pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 					/*
 					 * Required for the flush of pending stats WAL data, per
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 2c9454677e9..dd174129403 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -1304,7 +1305,7 @@ pgstat_prep_pending_entry(PgStat_Kind kind, Oid dboid, uint64 objid, bool *creat
 		/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 		if (kind_info->flush_mode == FLUSH_ANYTIME && IsUnderPostmaster &&
 			!get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 	}
 
 	return entry_ref;
@@ -2172,6 +2173,19 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
+	{
+		disable_timeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, false);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c
index 9dcb24db975..f5b8c7b039c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pgstat_count_backend_io_op_time(IOObject io_object, IOContext io_context,
 
 	/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 	if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 	backend_has_iostats = true;
 	pgstat_report_fixed = true;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pgstat_count_backend_io_op(IOObject io_object, IOContext io_context,
 
 	/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 	if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 	backend_has_iostats = true;
 	pgstat_report_fixed = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_io.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_io.c
index 53dbf2a514b..b69a1e26f7d 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_io.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_io.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pgstat_count_io_op(IOObject io_object, IOContext io_context, IOOp io_op,
 
 	/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 	if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 	have_iostats = true;
 	pgstat_report_fixed = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_slru.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_slru.c
index 1d16cde1889..36231ee874b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_slru.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_slru.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ get_slru_entry(int slru_idx)
 
 	/* Schedule next anytime stats update timeout */
 	if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 	have_slrustats = true;
 	pgstat_report_fixed = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index f0260e6e412..3bb43362e51 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2782,6 +2782,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index c4f92fcdac8..6ce5a250170 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 1651f16f966..e0f222695bf 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index b6ecb0e769f..3a2ae6c41cd 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
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@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 16 +++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 6 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
  59.1% doc/src/sgml/
  14.2% src/backend/utils/activity/
  14.5% src/backend/utils/misc/
  12.0% src/include/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index f1af1505cf3..20666679f90 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8871,6 +8871,40 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which statistics that can be updated while a
+        transaction is still running are made visible. These include, for example,
+        WAL activity and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>.
+        Other statistics are only made visible at transaction end and are not
+        affected by this setting.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 411b65aae3e..79eb59b5625 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2164,6 +2167,19 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
+	{
+		disable_timeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, false);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index c1f1603cd39..fc0e4259b36 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2789,6 +2789,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 1ae594af843..3f998a0bea0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index b340a680614..ef856dbf55b 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -548,7 +545,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 #define pgstat_schedule_anytime_update()												\
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))		\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 	} while (0)
 
 extern void pgstat_reset_counters(void);
@@ -828,6 +825,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index b6ecb0e769f..3a2ae6c41cd 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
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* [PATCH v7 3/5] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 16 ++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 .../test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl   |  6 ++--
 7 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
  51.8% doc/src/sgml/
  13.3% src/backend/utils/activity/
  13.6% src/backend/utils/misc/
  11.3% src/include/
   9.8% src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 6bc2690ce07..383bbe3a132 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8923,6 +8923,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which certain statistics, which can be updated while a
+        transaction is in progress, are made visible. These include WAL activity
+        and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index a4ff64dc5ce..dd85a27c52f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2164,6 +2167,19 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
+	{
+		disable_timeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, false);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 271c033952e..d2734caafea 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2801,6 +2801,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f938cc65a3a..8bd37a25b38 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index b340a680614..ef856dbf55b 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -548,7 +545,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 #define pgstat_schedule_anytime_update()												\
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))		\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 	} while (0)
 
 extern void pgstat_reset_counters(void);
@@ -828,6 +825,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index 9c90670d9b8..9b5d2a90387 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
index 7be1b281776..22e2a75dcb9 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select test_custom_stats_fixed_reset()));
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 my $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_fixed_anytime_update() from generate_series(1, 2);
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'anytime:'||numcalls from test_custom_stats_fixed_report();
@@ -183,11 +184,12 @@ like($result, qr/^anytime:2/m,
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
 	select * from test_custom_stats_var_report('entry2');
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* [PATCH v8 3/5] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 16 ++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 .../test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl   |  6 ++--
 7 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
  51.8% doc/src/sgml/
  13.3% src/backend/utils/activity/
  13.6% src/backend/utils/misc/
  11.3% src/include/
   9.8% src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index faf0bdb62aa..03875b490b7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8932,6 +8932,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which certain statistics, which can be updated while a
+        transaction is in progress, are made visible. These include WAL activity
+        and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index a4ff64dc5ce..dd85a27c52f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2164,6 +2167,19 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
+	{
+		disable_timeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, false);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 271c033952e..d2734caafea 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2801,6 +2801,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f938cc65a3a..8bd37a25b38 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index b340a680614..ef856dbf55b 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -548,7 +545,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 #define pgstat_schedule_anytime_update()												\
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))		\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 	} while (0)
 
 extern void pgstat_reset_counters(void);
@@ -828,6 +825,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index 9c90670d9b8..9b5d2a90387 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
index 7be1b281776..22e2a75dcb9 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select test_custom_stats_fixed_reset()));
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 my $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_fixed_anytime_update() from generate_series(1, 2);
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'anytime:'||numcalls from test_custom_stats_fixed_report();
@@ -183,11 +184,12 @@ like($result, qr/^anytime:2/m,
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
 	select * from test_custom_stats_var_report('entry2');
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* [PATCH v9 3/5] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 13 ++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c              |  6 ++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 src/include/utils/timeout.h                   |  1 +
 .../test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl   |  6 ++--
 9 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
  51.0% doc/src/sgml/
  10.6% src/backend/utils/activity/
  15.9% src/backend/utils/misc/
   3.6% src/include/utils/
   9.0% src/include/
   9.6% src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index faf0bdb62aa..03875b490b7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8932,6 +8932,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which certain statistics, which can be updated while a
+        transaction is in progress, are made visible. These include WAL activity
+        and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 419dc512d9b..578c575dbfb 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2170,6 +2173,16 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_all_timeouts_initialized())
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 271c033952e..d2734caafea 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2801,6 +2801,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f938cc65a3a..8bd37a25b38 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
index ddba5dc607c..85c4260d1db 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
@@ -828,3 +828,9 @@ get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id)
 {
 	return all_timeouts[id].fin_time;
 }
+
+bool
+get_all_timeouts_initialized(void)
+{
+	return all_timeouts_initialized;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index f0f546d419a..7829c563316 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -549,7 +546,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !pgstat_pending_anytime)								\
 		{																				\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 			pgstat_pending_anytime = true;												\
 		}																				\
 	} while (0)
@@ -833,6 +830,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_pending_anytime;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index 9c90670d9b8..9b5d2a90387 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
diff --git a/src/include/utils/timeout.h b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
index 10723bb664c..fe7327de209 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/timeout.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ extern bool get_timeout_active(TimeoutId id);
 extern bool get_timeout_indicator(TimeoutId id, bool reset_indicator);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_start_time(TimeoutId id);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id);
+extern bool get_all_timeouts_initialized(void);
 
 #endif							/* TIMEOUT_H */
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
index 7be1b281776..22e2a75dcb9 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select test_custom_stats_fixed_reset()));
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 my $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_fixed_anytime_update() from generate_series(1, 2);
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'anytime:'||numcalls from test_custom_stats_fixed_report();
@@ -183,11 +184,12 @@ like($result, qr/^anytime:2/m,
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
 	select * from test_custom_stats_var_report('entry2');
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* [PATCH v10 3/5] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 13 ++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c              |  6 ++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 src/include/utils/timeout.h                   |  1 +
 .../test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl   |  6 ++--
 9 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
  51.0% doc/src/sgml/
  10.6% src/backend/utils/activity/
  15.9% src/backend/utils/misc/
   3.6% src/include/utils/
   9.0% src/include/
   9.6% src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 20dbcaeb3ee..1eed71007a7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8929,6 +8929,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which certain statistics, which can be updated while a
+        transaction is in progress, are made visible. These include WAL activity
+        and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index ddd331e2c81..fd6ab0db16f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2171,6 +2174,16 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_all_timeouts_initialized())
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 9507778415d..073e08c7892 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2801,6 +2801,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f938cc65a3a..8bd37a25b38 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
index ddba5dc607c..85c4260d1db 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
@@ -828,3 +828,9 @@ get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id)
 {
 	return all_timeouts[id].fin_time;
 }
+
+bool
+get_all_timeouts_initialized(void)
+{
+	return all_timeouts_initialized;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index b011a315679..90237c70829 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -548,7 +545,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !pgstat_pending_anytime)								\
 		{																				\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 			pgstat_pending_anytime = true;												\
 		}																				\
 	} while (0)
@@ -831,6 +828,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_pending_anytime;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index 9c90670d9b8..9b5d2a90387 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
diff --git a/src/include/utils/timeout.h b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
index 10723bb664c..fe7327de209 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/timeout.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ extern bool get_timeout_active(TimeoutId id);
 extern bool get_timeout_indicator(TimeoutId id, bool reset_indicator);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_start_time(TimeoutId id);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id);
+extern bool get_all_timeouts_initialized(void);
 
 #endif							/* TIMEOUT_H */
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
index 7be1b281776..22e2a75dcb9 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select test_custom_stats_fixed_reset()));
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 my $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_fixed_anytime_update() from generate_series(1, 2);
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'anytime:'||numcalls from test_custom_stats_fixed_report();
@@ -183,11 +184,12 @@ like($result, qr/^anytime:2/m,
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
 	select * from test_custom_stats_var_report('entry2');
-- 
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* [PATCH v11 3/5] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 13 ++++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c              |  6 ++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  6 ++--
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 src/include/utils/timeout.h                   |  1 +
 .../test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl   |  6 ++--
 9 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
  51.0% doc/src/sgml/
  10.6% src/backend/utils/activity/
  15.9% src/backend/utils/misc/
   3.6% src/include/utils/
   9.0% src/include/
   9.6% src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 20dbcaeb3ee..1eed71007a7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8929,6 +8929,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which certain statistics, which can be updated while a
+        transaction is in progress, are made visible. These include WAL activity
+        and I/O operations.
+        Such statistics are refreshed at the specified interval and can be observed
+        during active transactions in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"><structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        and
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"><structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>.
+        If the value is specified without a unit, milliseconds are assumed.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is generally
+        the smallest practical value for long-running transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect statistics that are only reported at
+         transaction end, such as the columns of <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname>
+         (for example, <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         and <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>). These statistics are always
+         flushed at the end of a transaction.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index ddd331e2c81..fd6ab0db16f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
  * ----------
  */
 
+/* minimum interval non-forced stats flushes.*/
+#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL			1000
 /* how long until to block flushing pending stats updates */
 #define PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL			60000
 /* when to call pgstat_report_stat() again, even when idle */
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2171,6 +2174,16 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_all_timeouts_initialized())
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 9507778415d..073e08c7892 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2801,6 +2801,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f938cc65a3a..8bd37a25b38 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
index ddba5dc607c..85c4260d1db 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/timeout.c
@@ -828,3 +828,9 @@ get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id)
 {
 	return all_timeouts[id].fin_time;
 }
+
+bool
+get_all_timeouts_initialized(void)
+{
+	return all_timeouts_initialized;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index b011a315679..90237c70829 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 /* Default directory to store temporary statistics data in */
 #define PG_STAT_TMP_DIR		"pg_stat_tmp"
 
-/* Minimum interval non-forced stats flushes */
-#define PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL	1000
-
 /* Values for track_functions GUC variable --- order is significant! */
 typedef enum TrackFunctionsLevel
 {
@@ -548,7 +545,7 @@ extern void pgstat_force_next_flush(void);
 	do {																				\
 		if (IsUnderPostmaster && !pgstat_pending_anytime)								\
 		{																				\
-			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);	\
+			enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);	\
 			pgstat_pending_anytime = true;												\
 		}																				\
 	} while (0)
@@ -831,6 +828,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_pending_anytime;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index 9c90670d9b8..9b5d2a90387 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
diff --git a/src/include/utils/timeout.h b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
index 10723bb664c..fe7327de209 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/timeout.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ extern bool get_timeout_active(TimeoutId id);
 extern bool get_timeout_indicator(TimeoutId id, bool reset_indicator);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_start_time(TimeoutId id);
 extern TimestampTz get_timeout_finish_time(TimeoutId id);
+extern bool get_all_timeouts_initialized(void);
 
 #endif							/* TIMEOUT_H */
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
index 6ba4022418f..920443487c0 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_custom_stats/t/001_custom_stats.pl
@@ -164,11 +164,12 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select test_custom_stats_fixed_reset()));
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 my $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     SET LOCAL stats_fetch_consistency = none;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_fixed_anytime_update() from generate_series(1, 2);
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'fixed_anytime:'||numcalls from test_custom_stats_fixed_report();
@@ -184,12 +185,13 @@ like($result, qr/^fixed_anytime:2/m,
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(select pg_stat_force_next_flush()));
 
 $anytime_test = q[
+    SET stats_flush_interval = '1s';
     BEGIN;
     SET LOCAL stats_fetch_consistency = none;
     -- Accumulate stats
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
     select test_custom_stats_var_anytime_update('entry2');
-    -- Wait (has to be greater than PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL)
+    -- Wait (has to be greater than stats_flush_interval)
     select pg_sleep(1.5);
     -- Check
     select 'var_anytime:'||calls from test_custom_stats_var_report('entry2');
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* [PATCH v4 2/4] Add GUC to specify non-transactional statistics flush interval
@ 2026-01-28 07:53  Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-01-28 07:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

Adding pgstat_flush_interval, a new GUC to set the interval between flushes of
non-transactional statistics.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml                      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c               |  2 +-
 src/backend/tcop/postgres.c                   |  2 +-
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c           | 15 +++++++++
 src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c             |  2 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     | 10 ++++++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  1 +
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  1 +
 src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h                 |  1 +
 9 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
  55.5% doc/src/sgml/
   5.3% src/backend/storage/lmgr/
  12.6% src/backend/utils/activity/
   5.3% src/backend/utils/init/
  14.9% src/backend/utils/misc/
   3.9% src/include/

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 5560b95ee60..3136816a933 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8834,6 +8834,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-stats-flush-interval" xreflabel="stats_flush_interval">
+      <term><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>stats_flush_interval</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Sets the interval at which non-transactional statistics are made visible
+        during running transactions. Non-transactional statistics include, for
+        example, WAL activity and I/O operations.
+        They become visible at that interval in monitoring views such as
+        <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-io-view"> <structname>pg_stat_io</structname></link>
+        and <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-wal-view"> <structname>pg_stat_wal</structname></link>
+        during running transactions.
+        If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+        The default is 10 seconds (<literal>10s</literal>), which is probably
+        about the smallest value you would want in practice for long running
+        transactions.
+       </para>
+       <note>
+        <para>
+         This parameter does not affect transactional statistics such as
+         <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname> columns (like
+         <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>, <structfield>n_tup_upd</structfield>,
+         <structfield>n_tup_del</structfield>), which are always flushed at transaction
+         boundaries to maintain consistency.
+        </para>
+       </note>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      </variablelist>
     </sect2>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
index 012705a2ee6..caa6eecca88 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ ProcSleep(LOCALLOCK *locallock)
 	} while (myWaitStatus == PROC_WAIT_STATUS_WAITING);
 
 	if (anytime_timeout_was_active)
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable the timers, if they are still running.  As in LockErrorCleanup,
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 132fae61423..c0e81cb13d0 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -3543,7 +3543,7 @@ ProcessInterrupts(void)
 
 		/* Schedule next timeout */
 		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT,
-							 PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+							 pgstat_flush_interval);
 	}
 
 	if (ProcSignalBarrierPending)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index ab4d9088a9a..ca08dd49cd7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
+#include "utils/timeout.h"
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(PgStat_Kind kind);
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
 int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
+int			pgstat_flush_interval = 10000;
 
 
 /* ----------
@@ -2165,6 +2167,19 @@ assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra)
 		force_stats_snapshot_clear = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GUC assign_hook for stats_flush_interval.
+ */
+void
+assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra)
+{
+	if (get_timeout_active(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT))
+	{
+		disable_timeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, false);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, newval);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Flushes only FLUSH_ANYTIME stats using non-blocking locks. Transactional
  * stats (FLUSH_AT_TXN_BOUNDARY) remain pending until transaction boundary.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index 6076f531c4a..c7c0d618671 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid,
 						IdleStatsUpdateTimeoutHandler);
 		RegisterTimeout(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT,
 						AnytimeStatsUpdateTimeoutHandler);
-		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, PGSTAT_MIN_INTERVAL);
+		enable_timeout_after(ANYTIME_STATS_UPDATE_TIMEOUT, pgstat_flush_interval);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index f0260e6e412..3bb43362e51 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2782,6 +2782,16 @@
   assign_hook => 'assign_stats_fetch_consistency',
 },
 
+{ name => 'stats_flush_interval', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_USERSET', group => 'STATS_CUMULATIVE',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the interval between flushes of non-transactional statistics.',
+  flags => 'GUC_UNIT_MS',
+  variable => 'pgstat_flush_interval',
+  boot_val => '10000',
+  min => '1000',
+  max => 'INT_MAX',
+  assign_hook => 'assign_stats_flush_interval'
+},
+
 { name => 'subtransaction_buffers', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'RESOURCES_MEM',
   short_desc => 'Sets the size of the dedicated buffer pool used for the subtransaction cache.',
   long_desc => '0 means use a fraction of "shared_buffers".',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index c4f92fcdac8..6ce5a250170 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@
 #track_wal_io_timing = off
 #track_functions = none                 # none, pl, all
 #stats_fetch_consistency = cache        # cache, none, snapshot
+#stats_flush_interval = 10s             # in milliseconds
 
 
 # - Monitoring -
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 1651f16f966..e0f222695bf 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_flush_interval;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
index b6ecb0e769f..3a2ae6c41cd 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/guc_hooks.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern bool check_session_authorization(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource s
 extern void assign_session_authorization(const char *newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_session_replication_role(int newval, void *extra);
 extern void assign_stats_fetch_consistency(int newval, void *extra);
+extern void assign_stats_flush_interval(int newval, void *extra);
 extern bool check_ssl(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_stage_log_stats(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
 extern bool check_standard_conforming_strings(bool *newval, void **extra,
-- 
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